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Single night hiking on new trails

November 23, 2020 By Bjarke Rosenbeck Leave a Comment

I knew that one of the national parks had established some new trails that I had not yet had the chance to go visit.

So when the rest of the family declared the house a female zone (girlfriend, two daughters + my girlfriend’s friend and her two daughters) that weekend. I was off to hike some trails.

Some trails was new to me and some was well known.

The rain was well known as well 😉 But the second day I got to see the sun most of the time.

Being solo, I get to set the pace myself.

Sometimes I was moving fast.

Sometimes I was shocked by the beauty of the landscape and was just standing there watching the scenery.

I truly enjoy solo hiking and biking once in a while. And last month I went bikepacking with a friend, som this month I was off to enjoy my own company.

This type of outdoor adventure could qualify as a Microadventure as you could

Explore new trails
Get out there when the weather is very windy and rainy
You have not planned where to sleep
You start hiking in daylight and keep going after dark

Bike n’ hike along the coast

June 22, 2020 By Bjarke Rosenbeck Leave a Comment

This was fun, a bit tough.

And definitely a great microadventure 😉

If you live close to the coastline.

This microadventure is one for you to copy.

I decided to travel north following the coastline. As in following the coastline very closely. Sometimes I got wet feet.

Bike n’ hike

And I did it with my bike. Sometimes on my bike. Not always, as the pictures show .

This way of bike and hike was giving me all the adventure I had hoped for.

You decide the rules

I set the rules, so when I felt like leaving the coast for a while to be biking on the roads or gravel path close to the sea I did so.

When I wanted to follow the coastline with one foot practically in the water, I did so.

Only once I had real trouble. I had been walking in stones lifting my bike over fallen trees for a long time, and I decided to climb a very steep slope.

That was tough with the bike. Sorry for not being able to shoot pictures of it. But I was so focused on not slipping and not losing the grip of my bike.

On top of the slope, there was the most fun mountain bike path with some great views.

Going back to home my leg decided that I should bike mostly on paved roads and avoid too many hills ?

See more pictures in the above gallery.

Microadventure with my kid

January 12, 2020 By User contribution 1 Comment

I use most of my days off on Micro adventures. Alone and With My 7 year old son. With a calendar full My son, work and girlfriend mean I have to get All I Can get out off My days off. Aka Micro adventures!!!!

I, we..( Because My son does it to.. That’s the best part) hike, camp, bikepacking and bushcraft. For us it’s about being brave, knowledge and what it can give you on the positive note. Giving us positive input, that we are able to do much more than we think. Lessons Both I as a grown man, and My son too This Day are learning from.. And that everything is interesting if you look close enough. For us to do all these things we want to do, we have had to learn many new skills, in which give us the ability to push the limits and grow in confidence and belief in our self, that it’s not scary Around the next corner, the cold doesn’t scare us and so on. My son has been hiking and camping since he Was 4.. And that’s with his own kit. Because we have a lot of different equipment… Mine and My son his own, to make it possible.

This summer we took a 200k bikepacking trip along the East Coast of Denmark.. Trails grew men fear. Can’t be a more proud dad, but mostly and importantly. My son knows he is a badass that that Can do much more than he Things. I tell him often, don’t look to others to solve your problem, maybe you are the solution. Aka.. The sky is the limit. To make All This possible I do a lot of research. And often do the hikes or recon it Both on satellite, maps and in person. I do hiking mostly recently.. Ultralight, trails.. Done most of the trails in Denmark a couple of times by now, Both hiking and bikepacking… Nothing recharges My batteries like a weekend of just a day or hour on “the mission”. When it Comes to research it also just knowledge, so I Can learn My son New Thing. Building camp, fire, hydration on the trail, plants, trees, animals and so on.. I almost never just walk out the door. Most times there is some kind of goal. Make, walk, do, fix, invent, test, learn… When it Comes to My son it’s learning through fun. Even if it just 2 hours or 2 days.

Bo Tolstrup

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