Olivier Van Herck

October 31, 2019
learn to canoe and tracking up rapids

Help! Rapids

Was it a smart choice to start the canoe trip without any experience? We could also have opted for a three-day trip, to feel what that is like, to adjust our gear, to learn the canoeing technique and then to start one of the most challenging canoe trips in the US. We could have done that, but a leap into the deep is the best way to learn
October 24, 2019
canoe portage with gear

One hundred kilos on our back

On Saturday morning, August 17, we are at the dock at Mountainman Outdoor. Our canoe is half in the water, half on the sand.
May 20, 2019
sierra huasteca mexico

Mi casa es tu casa

What is it that some countries take a place in your heart and others not at all. We often ask this question ourselves during the trip, but we haven't found...
April 28, 2019

Muscle training

Muscle training Saturday 23th of March – Chiapas Paul, who cycled with us for a week, is already back to Mexico city. It’s the two of us again, and we […]