Richard Cole

Tag: Trekking

  • Langtang, Helambu and Gosainkund Trek in Nepal

    “Memories are the treasures that we keep locked deep within the storehouse of our souls, to keep our hearts warm when we are lonely.” Becky Aligada After all our preparation we stepped out of the land cruiser at Syabru Bensi and with our guide and porter we headed towards the Langtang valley. After a year…

  • Preparation for a family trekking holiday to Nepal

    Lao Tzu  said that ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’ This post covers some of my thoughts on how we took that first few steps preparing for our family trekking trip to Nepal. Nepal has always had a special place in my heart and the idea was hatched to go…

  • Fastpacking the Kepler Trail in New Zealand

    Evolution to fast packing on my New Zealand trip in 2007This was one of my favourite routes in New Zealand. It was the route where I consolidated the approach I had first tried a few days earlier on a two day trip around the Caples and Greenstone trails. Prior to this I had done a…