PCT #4: It's all out to get me...
Having dealt with the unlikely causes of death on the PCT, I should deal with the less glamorous but nonetheless risky business of hiking...
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Person Irresponsible
- Feb 13, 2020
- 4 min
PCT #3: Not Feeling the Fear...
People's reactions are always interesting when I tell them what I'm embarking on a trip like this. First their face contorts, then their...
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Person Irresponsible
- Feb 7, 2020
- 4 min
Sadventure Completed #58: The way...
"Have you seen the way?" I was asked. "Which way?" "It's a film about a man who went for a walk on the Camino de Santiago, you have to...
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Person Irresponsible
- Feb 7, 2020
- 4 min
Sadventure Completed #42 (3): 0 to 50k
The day of dread comes around very fast, especially when one’s training plan has slacked off considerably…aka ‘conserving energy’ which...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jan 12, 2020
- 5 min
PCT #2: Becoming an Equipment Bore
Once one has decided one is going to walk the PCT, or even at the considering-it-stage, one is likely to join up to every Facebook Group...
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Person Irresponsible
- Dec 20, 2019
- 3 min
Sadventure Completed #42 (2): 0 to 50k...
Thread one: https://www.mlconaquad.com/blog/sadventure-accepted-42-50kms-to-hell I tried very hard to follow a fitness plan but there...
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Person Irresponsible
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
Sadventure Completed #55: Uphill Folly!
"Walk to the top of the Broadway Tower ,"she commanded. "It's uphill?" "Yes, but if you park at the top, then walk down to the bottom,...
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Person Irresponsible
- Oct 16, 2019
- 4 min
Sadventure Completed #52: The Salt Path (a book)
By the time one gets to middle-aged, one has usually already experienced a life-shattering event of some kind. Something that up-ends...
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Person Irresponsible
- Oct 16, 2019
- 1 min
Sadventure Completed #51: Strapping...
Whilst moaning about my painful knee, I was told I should try that psychedelic strapping stuff that athletes use. Kinesiology tape I...
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Person Irresponsible
- Sep 19, 2019
- 4 min
Sadventure Completed #49: Nordic Waddling...
Well, isn't it just the way. You casually mention that you're training for 0to50k (as you do), and then people chime in with 'Oh, you...
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Person Irresponsible
- Sep 10, 2019
- 6 min
Sadventure Completed #44: Wild about Wild...
"You've got to watch Wild," she said. "With Reese Witherswatsit," she added. "And then you've got to read the book." "S'okay," I said. ...
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Person Irresponsible
- Aug 30, 2019
- 20 min
Sadventure Completed #42: couch to 50k to couch...
"Why don't you train for an ultra-marathon?" she said. "Because I value life. Besides, I've walked just over 30kms twice recently in one...
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