Where it all began

Hiking in the wilderness is tough.  Everything matters.  It took a long time to plan our 800km trek through the sierra nevada mountains in California, USA.  Basically, our lives over those 35 days was broken down to weight, calories and walking.  Always the walking.

Our meals consisted of various dry foods but our cooking utensils came down to one bowl (which doubled as our fry pan and pot) and one plastic spoon.  Between the two of us, we were able to cook and eat all our meals with just these two things, weighing 3 ounces.

But what happens when you camp at 13,000 feet and you wake up in the morning and your Nutella is frozen?  Whatever you do, don't use that plastic spoon to eat your nutella breakfast.  Because that spoon is going to break, and then your whole world will come crashing down because you now have broken the only thing that helps give you energy to walk your 35 kilometres a day.  But once the tears and frustrations have subsided, you realise it's not that big of a deal.  You still have your fingers afterall, plus a little help from your friend Mr Duct Tape.