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Outdoor adventures
BootPrints
BootPrints is the record of our mission into the world of outdoor adventure. I started this blog to track our progress and inspire others to get into the outdoors. It isn’t an easy road, but it’s a rewarding one. The shock and shame of…
Contours Blog
Here at Contours it’s my aim to amalgamate all the parts of outdoor adventure that I love. Here you’ll find stories and how-to’s for desktop planning, fitness training, meal prepping all the way through to alpine summits, back-country fly-fishing and mountain bike dirt jumping….
DIY Adventure Guides
What gear/clothing should I bring? How much food do I need? Where are the maps/route? How technical will it be? How much experience is required? Every time we go on a new expedition, we find ourselves asking the same questions. Generally, once we’ve found…
Land Down Under: Bibbulmun Track, Western Australia
My first multi-night hike took place in the Land Down Under. Here, the wilderness is perilous and dangers attack from above and below; poisonous creatures hide in every bush and the deadly sun beats down from overhead. Leading up to the hike I was…
Ice Axes, Norse Gods and Kombucha: Aussie Goldfields to Kiwi Alps in 24hrs.
Catapulted from West Australia’s outback to a snowy ridge on New Zealand’s Southern Alps, lightening exploding overhead, blizzard buffeting my face; staring off into the pitch black night, I thought to myself, perhaps I might have overdone this one… Let me rewind a day…
The First Chapter: Colca Canyon, Peru
“Hiking..? That’s just walking, right?” The year was 2015. I was two years out of university. I knew nothing about fitness, mindfulness or nutrition. I’d spontaneously joined two friends on a month-long backpacking trip through South America. So far I had been chased by…
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