Welcome to my hiking website

Welcome to my hiking page. Here I share some of the hikes I’ve done. My goal is to get out on longer hikes from time to time. Hiking is something I started when I was younger, but I then had a long break. It wasn’t until I began hiking with my friend Yrr that I really got going again. You can read about several of our hikes together here on the site. Among other things, we did a longer hike in 2013, when we were out for three months.

Today I mostly hike on my own, and if I’m lucky my partner joins me. He also enjoys it, but isn’t as interested as I am in being out hiking for several weeks at a time.

There is something special about putting on a backpack – packed with only what you really need and what will become your home for the next coming days, weeks – and follow a trail into nature, up into the mountains.

 

 

I prefer to carry a light pack. I started my lightweight journey around 2008, and since then I’ve gradually refined my packing list with lighter gear and remove anything unnecessary.

One way I’ve reduced weight is by sewing or making my own gear, since it has often been difficult to find lightweight equipment and it can also be quite expensive. For example, I sew all my backpacks myself, which I also find very enjoyable.

In recent years a lot has happened in the lightweight gear market, so it’s not nearly as difficult to find gear as it was when I first started.