Trails

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Outdoor food homemade – Vegetarian Pemmican

Of course, on longer hiking tours, you don’t just have to rely on outdoor food that you can buy ready-made. There are also cheaper and cheaper alternatives to provide themselves…

Gas stove: Jetboil Flash in review

When Jetboil’s Personal Cooking System (PCS for short) came onto the market, it caused quite a stir. Such an all-in-one design was not common until then. With the current Jetboil…

Rugged Outdoor Compact Cameras Compared

A group test of eight rugged outdoor compacts in Chip Foto-Video Digital 07/2010, and how it matches our own experience: the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT 2 comes out ahead, plus two…

Thruhikes

GR221 – Through the Tramuntana Mountains

Mallorca isn’t just a great place to party—it’s also a fantastic place for hiking. At least, that’s been my experience on the GR221 long-distance hiking trail. It winds through the…
Our Biggest Adventures


In 2007, we started “Walking away” with the goal of sharing some of the experiences we had. GPS devices were new and fascinating at the time. We recorded hikes and featured gear. Perhaps with the hope of making some money and living a life of adventure. As it often happens in life, everything turned out differently and in 2013 the project went to sleep completely. But I could never part with the website, because there is just too much work and memory in it. Now, almost 10 years later, I have taken the trouble to make everything a bit more modern and functional again. Maybe there will be one or the other article again, but I don’t want to promise too much.