Wilderness Prime

In 2019, Dave and Mathilde hiked the 1,400km Great Himalaya Trail across Nepal.

[Wilderness Prime @wildernessprime]

I’m setting off today on my next big adventure! For the next five months or so, Mathilde and I will be hiking and packrafting through the remote backcountry of Patagonia, roughly following the route of the Greater Patagonia Trail.

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Took a short cut back to civilisation and am now on the bus to Los Angeles. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/6UmMPtjlTE

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Heading off again today... shouldn't be quite as far today. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/frRmbBr9aA

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Finally arrived at Laguna El Robel after ten hours of hiking. Such a beautiful lake in the middle of nowhere. I will have a rest day here tomorrow. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/pfWLnYnX71

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Heading off today... would love to get to a camp site next to a lake, but it's 25km so might choose something closer. We'll see. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/wWaflMrLYs

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Long 22km day but found a perfect camp site next to the river in the end. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/YqoSC5zEVL

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Heading off towards some nice hot springs today... 25km so not sure if I'll make it all the way, but should be come other camping options if not. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/0f9GjBLRtj

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Found a lovely camp site though, so not all bad. Didn't get anywhere near as far as planned today so tomorrow will be a big one. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/WcD92KZN1o

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Pretty awful first day hiking solo. Terribly overgrown trail, much of the day spent bushwhacking. What should have taken three hours took seven. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/okaFKfCqFn

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Mathi won't be continuing the trek so we returned to Santiago to get her to the airport. I'm back at Las Trancas now to continue the trek solo. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/ZMUo8YKYN7

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Arrived in Las Trancas... busy resort town with lots of hotels and restaurants. Will stay a couple of days while Mathi's blister heals. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/m61qc4imCd

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Mathi's blister is still in a bad way so we will hike slowly towards Las Termas de Chilian, which is 10km away and has hotels. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/cEyJ6EkwmI

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Mathi's blister is too painful to continue so we returned to the hot springs and will take a rest day here today. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/gywtGUvQMo

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Heading off now... might be a monster long day if we try to get to the next hot springs... | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/bUnFppVRsO

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Camped beside the most amazing natural hot springs I've ever seen. Been soaking for the last hour and we plan to go back for a midnight swim... | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/2bToWldmcB

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Been passing Volcan Chilean today... the volcano is pretty active with constant rumbles, and a few huge booms followed by mushroom clouds overhead... | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/JP4sTAqriI

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Getting an early start for a big day... | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/h7ulEj6ebI

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We found an amazing camp under a giant rock. Will stay here tonight. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/uwpV9p7vXB

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Heading off now. Should be a shorter day than expected. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/7U7tPkU4t9

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Found a nice camp site earlier than expected, but we started hiking really late after having to wait for the one daily bus. | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/yn2ATEzspd

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Starting hiking GPT08 now! | Find me with inReach➜https://t.co/9XIPO28HzY