Fall/Winter Long Distance Hiking Packing List
September 25, 2023
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This looks like a lot and, in all honesty, is more than I’d bring to a summer hike, but it’s still below five kilograms (5.6
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Mikkountability with the Garmin API
September 23, 2023
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T minus seven, a week until Spain, and here’s a bit of Mikka Accountability.
Pollux' amazing hike through Europe...
2100km
Pollux is a plushie lynx lady walking 3000 kilometers this year. She’s doing all this to have amazing adventures and tell about them in postcards, videos, and photos to the kids at a children’s hospital long-term inpatient ward. More (and how you can help send a few postcards) can be found here.
Mikkountability (yesterday)
- Walked 14.6 kilometers (20088 steps)
- Ascended 105.15 meters
- Burned 920.0 active kilocalories while hiking
Mikkountability is my way to stay accountable to the kids, you, and myself. Data is being pulled from from my Apple Health database which is mainly fed from my Garmin watch. In the process, steps are often underreported by 20 to 40 percent. Everything else should be correct, though.
Garmin or Apple Watch
September 17, 2023
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Apple Watch Ultra or Garmin? AWU 2 has shown, that Apple does not want to break into the focused athlete market. So, should we just all go Garmin?
Make Like Garmin on your Apple Watch (Ultra)
September 4, 2023
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Everyone is doing smart watch shootouts. Few focus on the unique feature of Apple’s offerings: mediocre baseline but great app ecosystem.
I called Zeiss about the Apple Vision Pro.
June 6, 2023
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If Apple won’t tell me, I have to call in a life line.
Video: What tech am I bringing to the Caminos in 2023?
June 1, 2023
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After the sale of Buen Camino to a Spammer/Camino Agency by the owner, I am on my own channel. Today we’ll discussing the tech I am bringing to the Caminos this year. I am planning to walk until the weather does not make it fun anymore, so mid-November, early December, and optimizing my tech for this task has been on the back of my mind.
Powering the Trail
May 11, 2023
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Everyone needs a bit of power on the trail. I opted for a lot of power. In a very light box.
What’s in a name?
May 10, 2023
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Starting a new leaf should not hinge on old things. mikka.is was my SARS-CoV-2 exposure data site, maybe not the best place to document my “adventures.” So here’s 106 Trails.
What is a Vákner?
May 9, 2023
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A well known Camino myth, part of the Galician lore, and probably the most brazen brag by a 15th century pilgrim who, we assume, never left Rome.
Apple Watch (Ultra) Apps
May 2, 2023
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My Ultra is the first watch I am using for more than counting steps and telling time.
Admitting defeat vs. tactical withdrawal
May 1, 2023
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Fucking up, getting up, dusting off, moving on.
The leaning tower of … Suurhusen?
April 22, 2023
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If “leaningest” isn’t a word, it has to be added to the dictionary right this moment.
Emden, Germany
April 21, 2023
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This trip takes me to Emden, one of the most northern towns of Germany, close to the North Sea and not all too far from the Netherlands. In fact, having been Dutch about as long as German, it looks the part.
Substack, Tech, Packing, Planning
April 18, 2023
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This post is partially outdated. If you read this, I have bid Substack good bye and moved to WordPress.