Lost Maps & Snapped Tent Poles solo-hiking the E4 across France 👣 🇦🇩 🇫🇷 A Walk Across Europe 2

[@kuierpad_nl]

Great work and awesome to watch 👍

[@WyeExplorer]

Hi Ashley, I'm playing catch up but I have to say I didn't want to rush that forward at all. Beautifully filmed my friend. You soldiered on and got us all there. Absolutely fantastic. I could see the predicament with the caterpillars. You don't want to kill any one of them and there were hundreds. I iamgine you found something soft to brush them away. Well, amazing spirit and scenery. All the best for the week. Mark

[@AshleyGDean]

Cheers Mark, thanks for watching. I subscribed to you a couple of days ago, will watch the second part of your River Ifon journey later :) Take care buddy

[@WyeExplorer]

@@AshleyGDean A real pleasure Ashley. I find your videos fully immersive. The Irfon is a good one. Pleased o comment I'd love to hear from you.

[@axelheyst2397]

Excellent series & quite the trek. Congrats!

[@AshleyGDean]

Thank you very much!

[@gonewild1220]

Nice one Ashley!!

[@DroneGirl1]

Very nice! Thumbs up from Dublin (Ireland)! :)

[@davidshannon3956]

I really enjoy the videos. Are you planning anymore?

[@AshleyGDean]

Thanks David. There's 10 videos in this series, but I'm planning on making more videos post-Covid, some of them involving hikes but unlikely to be anything on the scale of this series anytime soon. Thanks for watching

[@pauljones5066]

I have always fantasised about walking the E$ or a variant, mainly after reading Clear Water Rising many years ago, but also Patrick Leigh Fermour - it remains a fantasy

[@AshleyGDean]

Clear Waters Rising is such a good book, I read it while researching the walk... and especially the Romania section. I only ever knew Nicholas Crane as the bloke off Coast before hand, now he's a big hero of mine.

[@TheMaecki]

Great great movies Ashley, thanks very much! May I ask how old were you when doing this 'walk'. I'm wondering if I'm not too old for it ;)

[@AshleyGDean]

Hi thanks for watching! I was 33 & 34 on this hike... but I don't think you're ever too old :)

[@stevencroat]

18:15 Damn!! My instant solution would be to burn the f*cking backpack :-DD

[@AshleyGDean]

Haha they were still crawling out from behind the straps/back plate days after 😂

[@stevencroat]

@@AshleyGDean fck dont even tell, I dont wanna know😂

[@jaimegarces4853]

You think that i can walk 35km daily? I do 2 hours of Sport every day

[@AshleyGDean]

Possibly... I read of lots of hikers who walk at that kind of pace... I don't really think it's the physical challenge of doing it, it's more the mental challenge of doing it day after day. Personally my daily mileage would usually fall between 25-35km (with some very long days up to 45km) which is what I find comfortable and enjoyable. It's all subjective so it's probably best just to head out and see what kind of distances you find most fun :)

[@CrsGarden]

@@AshleyGDean Im thinking of doing this, but how dangerous is it to travel alone? I know it's a small chance of something happening but I feel if it happens you're fucked?

[@spijkerpoes]

Wow what an adventure! Pity about the Chartreuse.. i know the conditions up high in the Vercors can be really brutal no mater what season. I too am totally il love with that mountain range. Been there plenty.The smartphone isn't a friend of mine either on such outings. Unreliable crap! I use geoportail.gouv.fr all the ign maps are there ready to be printed!

[@AshleyGDean]

spijkerpoes yeah I'll go back there one day I hope. I think the GR91 goes right across the range and looks great... Just won't depend on a smartphone again

[@spijkerpoes]

Ashley Dean, gr 91 indeed. I waked bits of it. I put up some videos about walking and camping on the plateau. Hehe i just keep going back there.. you can really dissapear up there.. i hope you go back there soon!