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I'm Michal - tramper, photographer, slow life lover. I write only about the places that I've been to and the gear that I tried for an extensive period of time.

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My friend asked me what's better, if a front child

My friend asked me what's better, if a front child carrier or a back carrier. Well, I like both so I usually take both (greetings to UL hikers 😅).

In the big pack on my back, Elić likes to stay awake, look around, play with stuff and talk (when I say talk, I mean like bababababa buaaaaaa mamamamamama). In the frontpack, he tends to be quiet, he rests and sleeps. I think it's more comfy too. He sleeps longer in the front than in the back and a front pack also protects him from the sun and the wind. However I can't carry him for more than hour in my front, our bodies are not design to carry 12 kg+ in the front! And he also gets bored after an hour of being in the front. So yeah, for all parents out there with tramping ambitions: get both. Marketplace is full of second hand ones! 🌍 #trampingwithkids #hikingwithkids #child #childcarrier #carrier #nztramping #tramping #kidstramp #kidshike #familytramping #hiking

Last weekend I finally gave up on my #52weeks52pea

Last weekend I finally gave up on my #52weeks52peaks challenge. It's been fun but thanks to lockdown and unusually bad winter weather on weekends it turned out to be too much unpleasant effort to finish it. I'd have to climb peaks just for the sake of climbing them which has never been the goal of the challenge. Also, my new tramping buddy is only 10 months old and he prefers to stay sheltered in valleys rather than attack the windy tops... So on Saturday, instead of climbing on tops, another CTC member and I stayed down in the valleys. We had a great time tramping around Mt Somers - 26 km, 1800m, 9h. No peaks but very pleasant day full of sun and nice people that we met along the way 🥾🌤 🙂 #mtsomers #tramping #nztramping #nzhiking #hikingnz #hiking #springtramping #spring

I'm blown away how much are life philosophies are

I'm blown away how much are life philosophies are alike. Okay, I'm not living in the bush but her ideas about hunting in NZ, fear, death, love or office work are just so similar to mine that I'm struggling to believe it that minds can be so alike! I'm far from living it though - but I'm working on it 🙃 Highly recommended book full of egoless honesty #miriamlancewood #nzbooks #nzwilderness #booksabouthiking #nztramping #tramping #trampingnz

Daily taining of our little one to a child pack ha

Daily taining of our little one to a child pack has paid off. After walking 5 km on daily basis since lockdown with him in a backpack, today I walked 16 km in Port Hills with 600m ascent. What more, it was just me and him - no mama to soothe him with a boop! Very empowering experience. We're great tramping buddies already #trampingwithkids #trampingwithchildren #trampinginporthills #tramping #tramping #nztramping #trampingnz #hikingnz #nzhiking

As the lockdown continues, we're taking our kiddo

As the lockdown continues, we're taking our kiddo out every day. He's really used to the backpack carrier now and he even manages to fall asleep there which is great. I walk about 5-6km a day with him and I can tell that it's a good workout, especially here in the hilly part of Christchurch. The kiddo + his clothes + the pack = ~15 kg. After the lockdown's over, we'll be ready to go bush again 🗻🌴 Take care everyone and stay positive - this too shall pass ❤ #christchurchnz #christchurchtramping #westmorland #trampinginporthills #tramping #trampingwithkids #hikingwithkids #tramping #porthills

And covid hits New Zealand again. Bush is closed.

And covid hits New Zealand again. Bush is closed. Lakes are closed. Mountains are closed. Last time I was out was 3 weeks ago and it feels like ages. I did a crevasse rescue course with some fun folks from the #christchurchtrampingclub Since then I got swept into a normal life of an average Westerner full of work and profound things.

At least lockdown made me think - if I live the life that I want to live, that work-life-balance is just a myth if you required to work 40h a week, what I can do about it and that a kid really changes your life perspective. My kiddo is not as fragile as 8 months ago and I reckon that he's ready for some good tramping adventures. But let's be patient and see what the future brings. What a flow of words this post is! Stay safe everyone #lovetoall #outdooreducation #tramping #nztramping #templebasin #arthurspassnationalpark #arthurspass #climbing

A couple of weeks back we wanted to climb Mt Olymp

A couple of weeks back we wanted to climb Mt Olympus but due to access road damage we ended up going to Mt Winterslow. Satisfying day out with the CTC! #christchurchtrampingclub #mtwinterslow #mtsomers #canterburyfoothills #canterburytramping #tramping #nztramping #nzhiking #hiking #nzwinter #nzsnow #snownewzealand #newzealandtramping #winterhiking #ctcnz

Still not much snow in the mountains (shot from Le

Still not much snow in the mountains (shot from Lewis Pass). It's hard to admit that this is likely becoming the new normal. Let's hope that it'll snow over the next couple of days and snowy mountains will be ready for my Sunday visit 🥰 🌨 ☃️ #lewispass #nzsnow #snow #nzriver #ninavalley #nzice #nzbush #nztramping #tramping

Do you want to go tramping with kids? To start, it

Do you want to go tramping with kids? To start, it's a good idea to follow these 3 steps: 1) Decrease your expectations. 2) Decrease them again. 3) Decrease them one more time.

Well done, now you're ready! We wanted to do an overnighter at Carrington Hut. Soon we changed that to Anti-Crow Hut which is half way through. Then Ellić went nuts in the car so we opted for a day trip to Rabbit Hill. Then it was so bloody cold that it was rather inconvenient to let Ellić crawl around on the frozen ground so we were happy to make it to Trig M, half way through to Rabbit Hill 😄 Still fun though #rabbithill #trampingwithkids #hikingwithkids #nztramping #nzhiking #newzealandtramping #tramping #hiking #kids #kidsoutdoors #canterburytramping

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