Fab, Fitch, and Billie are currently halfway through the HexaTrek (France's 3,000-kilometer Grand Traverse) on their first thru-hike, as a couple who met just over a year ago in Australia. In Part 1, Doc covers the international team's origin story (a guy from the UK, a woman from Berlin, a dog from Australia, all meeting at a Facebook hike in Gold Coast), what it's actually like to design your own thru-hike on the fly because the dog-friendly alternate routes are poorly marked and occasionally nonexistent, the near-quit moment on Day 62 that ended with tears on a factory pontoon and a question that got them back on their feet, and the joy and logistics of hiking with Billie through one of France's hottest summers on record. Hiking Poll scores: Fab, 53. Fitch, 47. Doc predicted Fitch would be crazier and was vindicated.

Part 2 drops in 10 minutes.

Show Notes

About the Guests

Fab (from Berlin, Germany) and Fitch (from the UK) met in Australia a year ago on a group hike at Pages Pinnacle, Gold Coast — a Facebook meetup they both almost didn't attend. They are currently thru-hiking the HexaTrek, France's Grand Traverse: roughly 3,000 kilometers across the entire country, from Wissembourg to Hendaye at the Atlantic Coast. They are doing it with Billie — Fab's eight-year-old Australian kelpie cross cattle dog — on their first thru-hike as a couple. They are in Stage 4, about 1,500 kilometers in, and in the process of buying a 200-year-old farmhouse in Brittany. They post on Instagram as @FabandFitch.

What's Covered in Part 1

Trail Name — No Trail Names (Yet)

Trailblazer's Toolkit — Two for One

The Hiking Poll — Fab: 53, Fitch: 47

How the HexaTrek Happened

Day 62 — The Near-Quit

The Hexadog — What They Didn't Expect

Hiking With Billie — Joy and Cost

Links & Resources

  • Fab and Fitch — Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fabandfitch
  • HexaTrek — Official Website: https://www.hexatrek.com
  • Dust on My Shoes — Peter Pinney (1952). Fitch's media recommendation — a minimalist traveler's journey from Yugoslavia to Zanzibar.
  • The Sugi Project — Pocket Forests: https://www.thesugiproject.com

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