In a tent with a French man : A daily thru hiking journal

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Hi, I'm Cartapouille, a french guy in a middle of a life crisis who is co-creating and hiking the HexaTrek, 3000km to cross France through the mountains! Coming summer 2022. I previously thru hiked the Via Adriatica in 2020. I also finished a small hike on the French Pyrenees following the GR10 for 150km. This is a daily short log to reassure my friends and family that I didn't die eaten by a bear or got blown up by a landmine. Insta: @cartapouille

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    HexaTrek day 154: reaching Hendaye. The end.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 15:27


    This is it, after 154 days on the trail I crossed France by foot. I know many of you will discover this podcast with this episode, but it's not representative. Anyway who cares, that's done

    HexaTrek day 153 : the last bivouac (special)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 17:35


    A very very long episode (sorry) about that last bivouac night. Coming back on a lot of things that happened in the past months. Hence the length

    HexaTrek day 152 : bivouac invaded by strangers during the episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 6:27


    After an amazing evening by myself and a view on the ocean, I have the annoying surprise to have other campers arriving at the last moment while I recorded

    HexaTrek day 151 : feeling better

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 7:26


    Sickness seem to be leaving me alone and other stuff like walking and hiking you know

    Hexatrek day 150: saw the ocean while sick and injured my knee

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 4:45


    What a day! My body is giving up on me, I'm getting sick and I didn't take enough care going down and injured my knee again, but brutally. Although I saw the ocean and it was quite a show!

    HexaTrek day 149: so much rain I could swim

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 6:34


    Found an amazing bivouac spot after a horribly rainy day. Somebody will get sick...

    HexaTrek day 148 : breaking in the auberge I paid for

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 5:08


    Didn't realize pilgrims were strict about the time an auberge closes, so I had to Mission Impossible it

    HexaTrek day 147 : sharing the community life of pilgrims

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 5:26


    I reached st jean pied de port and now embarking in a terrible experience: being trapped with pilgrims in a traditional auberge. Help

    HexaTrek day 146 : from Frenchman to Batman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 8:30


    Staying in a disgusting place, but luckily sheltered from the rain after a day of pure showers.

    HexaTrek day 145 : worst bivouac spot yet but with Bucks

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 5:52


    In a cold rainy dark forest I almost had to setup on mud while I hear the horny bucks yelling in a distance

    HexaTrek day 144 : the unexpected cabin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 6:21


    When everything is foggy, wet and cold, a non marked unguarded cabin feels like heaven. Even when it's invaded shortly after arrival by three other soaking wet hikers

    HexaTrek day 143 : surprised by a real hotel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2022 7:09


    Life turned insanely comfortable tonight as my three best friends in Brussels surprised me with a free night in a hotel and a meal in a restaurant from a distance. Just lovely

    HexaTrek day 142 : happy birthday to me!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2022 6:30


    Today is my birthday, it started terribly but ended way better than expected. And that was needed

    HexaTrek day 141 : being insanely bored by a good hiking day

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 8:23


    Sometimes you hate something for almost no reason, everything should be amazing but hate gets in the way. Like procedurally generated content

    HexaTrek day 140: an emotional come back to Gourette

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 5:00


    Years after my attempt at a bit of the GR10, I'm remembering a town where I had some last memories with my grandfather

    HexaTrek day 139: losing Simon but getting a real bed

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 5:31


    Bad luck happened with the lost of Simon who had to go faster, but good luck with Franck offering me a place to stay for the night . And a shower!

    HexaTrek day 138: down and up to Ilheou lake

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 6:54


    Finally I could see the lake! I missed it last year and this time could sleep next to it, fiou!

    HexaTrek day 137: a nice walk down Luz Saint Sauveur and illusion of the end

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2022 6:23


    I'm using more and more the sentence "well it's almost over anyway" but I'm just jumping the gun really

    HexaTrek day 136: celebrating my birthday way too early thanks to coincidences

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 6:36


    After a stretch that I knew but in reverse, a series of coincidences made me go for an early meaty celebration

    HexaTrek day 135: starting the ultimate section

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 6:12


    After trying for way too long to start this hike, I managed to leave the cabin. Because qi was late I didn't do the climb I needed completely and arrived at a nice bivouac with Simon

    HexaTrek day 134 : hard to leave comfort

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 6:29


    Today I'm just enjoying life in the grandparent's cabin, but it makes me think how I want to continue hiking

    HexaTrek day 133 : back in St Lary but by foot and doubts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 6:47


    I'm in a safe place and an emotional one (where I spent my entire childhood) and feeling quite lazy

    HexaTrek day 132 : rain, so much rain. Descent, so much ascent.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 6:13


    Big day of hiking in the worst possible weather condition, full of rain and intense wind. But I am making again more than expected

    HexaTrek day 131: excited and bored to be back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 5:26


    Surprised myself with a gigantic climb after starting really late. It's as nice to be back on the trail as it's ... Kinda boring, same old same old

    HexaTrek day 130 : almost back on the trail after a tense family ride

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 4:09


    Tomorrow I'll start hiking again but today was full of personal emotions

    HexaTrek day 129 : switching gear and walking grandma to the local market

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2022 5:30


    This day wasn't necessarily hiking related but I could spend a bit of time in family, and that was worth it

    HexaTrek day 128: hitch hiking to spoil myself

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 5:34


    I took the decision to jump ahead in order to visit my grandma in St Lary, before hitch hiking back to get on the trail again. But today was all about thumbs

    HexaTrek day 127 : bad news for my moral from Chez Jo at Portet-d'Aspet

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 8:47


    I was looking forward for months my arrival to St Lary where my grandma would wait for me, but today I realized it won't be possible. So i had to take a decision

    HexaTrek day 126: arriving in the night is not made for me

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 5:26


    Gorgeous hiking day with plenty of nice views, but I tried to push to get in time a dinner I'll never see. Hence disappointment

    HexaTrek day 125 : this steamy episode is all about Seix! And a nice gîte.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 8:57


    Came back to a funny named town of Seix with childhood memories, and ended up in the amazing gîte d'Esbintz

    HexaTrek day 124: back to great bivouac spots

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 4:03


    Bivouac spots and good food make for a lot of the pleasure in the mountains

    HexaTrek day 123 : a late climb and stealth camping

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 4:08


    I don't like money grabbing schemes of paying to stay by a refuge in tent with no advantage. So I am ranting

    HexaTrek day 122: sleeping in a model dry stone cabin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 6:31


    Sometimes you have to adapt to the trail, like when it gives you a fake house that can turn into a real one. And so I did. And i was good without network

    HexaTrek day 121 : the shortest day, but got lost

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2022 5:34


    Sometimes hiking with a hangover is not great. Especially in the mountains, especially in the rain, especially when you're lazy

    HexaTrek day 120: I'm sorry Andorra got me drunk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2022 4:01


    Probably the best climbing day ending in a crazy bar by the mountain

    HexaTrek day 119 : impressively slow at this point, blaming the rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 4:35


    Today wasn't a good hiking day, but then again it seems to be the theme for the Pyrenees now. It'll get better

    HexaTrek day 118 : a real hiking day that got real difficult, a fire and Simon!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 5:58


    Pretty day but difficult day too! Getting back into mountain hiking after my sickness is harder than I thought, so taking it slow. Also... Simon returns! And the campfires!

    HexaTrek day 117 : starting back to walk on a cute trail and meeting the most resilient hiker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 5:36


    It's been months I wanted to meet with Emjoto, the most resilient hiker on the trail. And I could walk again a bit!

    HexaTrek day 116: staying put, curing my ego in a solar oven and thinking about a meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 7:24


    I thought I could continue but apparently I absolutely couldn't. So I'm looking forward to get back out there

    HexaTrek day 115 : a rest day with Mother

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022 8:36


    Made it down the mountain to shock Mother with my smell, before seeing my videos in big screen. And my podcast game is not on point with a mornikg podcast again

    HexaTrek day 113 and 114 : food poisoning while wild camping? I tried for you!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 8:16


    First Time I can not record my podcast yesterday or this morning because I was so dead, puking all night is not fun in a tent. So this is a special double episode to cover those difficult last 48h

    HexaTrek day 112 : the Pyrenees are here...

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 5:29


    It's climbing time! The high mountains are back and it's not that easy to get there without my trail legs for ascent. And i got new shoes!

    HexaTrek day 111 : unexpected chili and burnt eyes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 5:57


    Although it was a bad hiking day, it's been a great humanity day. I did lose my sunglasses though

    HexaTrek day 110 : rocking it at Le Vivier

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 6:47


    After waiting almost a day to get my package, I'm lucky to meet the unexpected villagers of Le Vivier, from old to very very new generation

    HexaTrek day 109 : forced rest day and becoming a local

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2022 5:51


    Sometimes I like to stop the trail, sometimes the trail stops me. Forced to stay in a tiny village waiting for a package, I made the best out of it and became a local

    HexaTrek day 108 : stuck in a campsite waiting for shoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 7:21


    Damn talked about many things here, like introspection, other hikers' discussions and forgot to mention how gorgeous the Gorges de Galamus are! Well... They are

    HexaTrek day 107 : milking goats and meeting another Hexatreker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 7:36


    Left really late our improvised castle because the place was too nice, and i could interview the farmer. And at the very end this guy appeared that was an actual Hexatreker!

    HexaTrek day 106: finding a new abandoned building for the night

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 5:41


    A clean abandoned building is rare, but one that is in the middle of nowhere is incredible! Perfect to shelter from the wind

    HexaTrek day 105 : hiking too long and the amazing bittersweet party village night

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 8:58


    Because of the rain I was forced to hike way longer than expected, and I arrived in an exquisite village party. But it took a bitter turn just before going back to bed

    HexaTrek day 104: leaving carcassone and forced into a hitch having beers with locals and an actress

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 6:03


    Some days go according to plan and they are boring. Some go according to nothing and you end up in the title of this episode

    HexaTrek day 103 : doing nothing to feel like hiking again

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 5:41


    A pure rest day is one where you don't move and don't do much things that are "practical". And it is bloody essential. Now i feel like hiking again

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