In this video I explain how to stay clean during a thru-hike, even when you have no access to a shower or any large body of water, and even when it is very cold outside and the water is freezing!

I did this the whole way across the Spanish Pyrenees on the GR11 thru-hike and it worked like a charm 😉

I was freezing in my tent again at night, so I decided to call it quits earlier than initially planned so that I could return it on time. This was a cheap Naturehike tent that was too heavy for one person and clearly not suited for colder climates (even though it claimed to be 3 season). I'll try to invest into something better now 😁

Shout out to Zurawiny‬ and ‪Jorditoms‬ in this video!

And my book can be found at www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book

Here I hiked from the Talaixa Refuge to Bassegoda Peak, which is the first (or last) peak you can hike on the GR11 trail. I hid my big backpack in the forest near the Sant Aniol River, and camped there after coming down the mountain.

Day 3 on the Alta Garrotxa: I woke up after a very cold night, cooked buckwheat and soy meat, then lost the trail again 😄

In this video I explain what food you can buy during the GR11 thru-hike across the Spanish Pyrenees (and this would apply to other hikes in Spain).

The great thing about the GR 11 is that it passes by many little villages as you traverse the mountains. Many of these villages have little shops where you can buy: rice, pasta, nuts, fruits and vegetables, Picos, bread, and other basic goods.

** You can buy dehydrated soy meat from Carrefour in Puigcerdà (and probably other big Carrefour supermarkets).

*** You can also buy cured meat such as chorizo, jamon, and fuet in most little shops, or canned tuna, though these things are generally more expensive and heavier than my favorite pick of dehydrated soy meat and nuts 😁

***** It helped to have a plastic container because once in a while I bought peanut butter or nutella in a glass jar (bc that was the only option) and then transferred it to my plastic container so it wouldn’t be as heavy.

Day 2 on the Alta Garrotxa: I hiked to a dead end, accidentally got onto a super sketchy trail, got lost for a bit, and learned to hang up food for the first time to protect myself from boars!

Day 1 on the trail: I feel out of shape, I forgot all my money at home, I'm not sure which rivers are dry and which are real rivers, and I'm filtering water with an old Katadyn BeFree water filter that I haven't used in 2 years. Wish me luck! 😅

Here is the book that I was celebrating publishing: www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book/

And since the filming of this video, we have bought a motorhome, fixed it up, and made a bunch of videos about traveling around Spain in it! See our channel here: https://videos.trom.tf/c/ridewithless/

The first video from a mini hiking series that I filmed in April, 2024 (I just didn't have time to post them earlier 🙈😅).

Here's all the gear and food I packed for one week of hiking in the mountains in spring, around the border of Spain and France. Wish me luck! 😄

Enormous thank you to ⁨Yair for taking me flying in his paramotor over l'Estartit, the Medes Islands and the Montgrí castle (and elsewhere on the Costa Brava! 😀) This was one of the most amazing experiences of my life!

Just a short video to announce my book release 😃 You can find it at https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book/