Tim Voors talks about Te Araroa and Thru-Hiking – Wanderwach & Kaffee
Today’s guest, Tim Voors, I actually met very briefly when hiking New Zealands’ long distance trail, Te Araroa, in 2018. Back then, I only hiked the South Island and went northbound. Tim did the whole trail and went southbound. We had a brief conversation standing in a creek while passing each other. We never lost contact ever since and I am very happy to have Tim on today’s show.
Tim made long-distance hiking an occasional life-style, wrote a handful of books about his adventures on various long-distance trails and generally just is an inspiring person to talk to. Tim hiked various trails such as the Pacific Crest Trail, the Continental Divide Tail, Te Araroa, Kungsleden in Sweden, Fishermen’s Trail in Portugal, the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage in Japan, and a couple other trails.
In our episode we talk about thru-hiking in general and also about bit and pieces of Te Araroa. But overall, it is a conversation about life on trail, trail culture, trail ethics, how to perceive long-distance hiking and how to implement thru-hiking in an occupied life.
I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation.
Yours truly, Mareike
Check out Tim’s writing about his various trails and also some travels:
I can thoroughly recommend reading every single book Tim wrote (well, the ones in English anyway):
Follow Tim on Instagram and don’t miss his fantastic water color paintings from trail:
https://www.instagram.com/timvoors
Or look into seeing Tim for one of his workshops on thru-hiking, publishing books or painting:
https://timvoors.nl/schoolofdreams
Watch his talk about hiking Te Araroa here:
