Hello.

I'm moving from enthusiastic Heliumite to a Heliumite somewhat disillusioned with the injustices of the rating system. However I don't like to moan or point fingers, so I will just quietly vanish I think.

"Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time." - Albert Camus

If you feel like a polite conversation or want to give me a million dollars by all means drop me a message.

My passion is ...

Life.

I know too much about ...

Very little.

My favorite memory ...

Wilderness.

Why I write ...

To earn money. To get better at writing. Freedom.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Into the Wild

My first job ...

I'm still waiting

My best moment ...

Lying in my tent and realising: I'm still alive.

My inspiration ...

The wind, the rain, the mountains. Starsailor.

Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures Travel diaries: Hiking adventures

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Being young and stupid I had the bright idea during the summer of 2007 that I would walk across the Pyrenees, the mountain range that separates France and Spain, from the town of Gavarnie in France to Huesca in Spain. Since all my friends are either unwilling to spend their money on adventure or unadventurous in the first place, I thought I would go alone. Having done a bit of mountaineering here and there, I figured that not a lot could go wrong.

After much poring over maps I chose my route, and took the train to the revolting town of Lourdes - as close to the mountains as the train c...

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