Do you know cyclo-tourism? It consists of visiting a region during many days using only a bike to move and transport your equipment. So, I had the idea to do the exact same thing but with only shoes: run-tourism! The same way I normally do in the mountains, I left with water, little food and extra clothes,…
If I had to set a starting point for my outdoor life, I would say it is the 11 km (about 7 miles) of snowshoeing I did with my girlfriend at the beginning of 2013 at Station touristique Duchesnay, a Sepaq destination. We had never done snowshoe, we had no idea how long 11 km was and we were clearly overdressed. Still, this experience remains significative because it represents exactly the essence of being outside: discover and connect with nature. After this first experience, we became slowly but surely โtrue-hikersโ, chasing every national park…
