Weekly Newsletter

3 November 2026

No Bars, No Forecast? Not Quite

27 October 2026

A Possum Ate My Brand New Tent

20 October 2026

The Helicopter Was Still Looking for Him

13 October 2026

Your Boots Won't Dry Out There

6 October 2026

Who's Coming for a Walk?

29 September 2026

When the GPS dies...

22 September 2026

The Safety Gap Almost Nobody Worries About

15 September 2026

18kg for Eight Days Is Getting Tougher

The lightest pack and the smartest pack are not always the same thing

8 September 2026

The insole trick that saved my trip

1 September 2026

Spring Starts Today. Nobody Told the Snow.

25 August 2026

You Booked the Overland Track. Now What?

18 August 2026

Eight Litres Each: The Water Gap Nobody Plans For

11 August 2026

Both My Knees Are Torn. Here's Why I Still Walk 8km a Day

4 August 2026

The map lied. Your legs knew it first.

28 July 2026

The Hiking Risk You Can't See (Because You Don't Know to Look)

21 July 2026

Reading Weather Like a Guide: 3 Checks Before Every Multi-Day

14 July 2026

The 10-Minute Pack Audit That Doesn't Cost a Cent

7 July 2026

The first-hour pace rule that stops the post-hike crash

30 June 2026

The Navigation Habit That's Kept Me Found for 35 Years

23 June 2026

The raw bacon incident...

It is almost never fitness. Here is what actually beats you on day two.

16 June 2026

Why you're stumbling at 3pm

9 June 2026

How to not sleep in a bathtub

2 June 2026

The Bowl of Soup That Changed How I Do Day Two

I used to roll into camp on empty, wait for dinner, and crash. Then I started carrying one small sachet of soup.

26 May 2026

25 Winters of Cold Hands, Fixed in 10 Minutes

19 May 2026

I Walked the Same Range Twelve Years Apart. Same Trail. Two Different Trips.