The Goat Work

Anthony David Adams & Bowen Dwelle
The Goat Work

Two men, two weeks, two hundred kilometers. Join Anthony David Adams and Bowen Dwelle, two life-long friends and adventure partners, as they set off on Europe’s most difficult and most interesting long distance trekking route — the legendary GR20 — with the goal of answering one burning question: do they posses the “perfect fitness” that the GR20 is considered to require? Each episode debriefs one days progress through the mountains of Corsica with technical details, insights from the trail, surprise guests, emotional over-sharing and bread, more bread and nothing but bread for breakfast.

  1. 2022/12/21

    GR20 Day 10 — Fou d’Europe

    June 2, 2022 — Stages 11b & 12 combined — Relais San Petru to Uscaliolu — 10mi / 4,250' Morning walk on well graded trail uphill to the Prati refuge and then beautiful hiking beyond Prati with clouds forming on the lee side of the ridge. Walking through beech forest at Bocca a Meta, the air was thick with insect life. Not pests, just alive. We then came down to the col there where the Mare a Mare Sud crosses the GR20 and I stopped to read the informational sign there, discovering the town down the valley below of ​Guitera-les-Bains​, which has the best natural hot springs in Corsica. It was just then that I smelled the maquis for the first time on this trip. Up until then I had expected and hoped for this magical scent, but had not yet had it sweep over me as it had when I was here with Kirsha one winter some years ago. Someone I spoke with confirmed that the season to experience the maquis is early spring, and so it hasn’t been everywhere as we are a bit late. At this place though, the scent of wild thyme was strong, and I sat amidst it for a while, and then showed Anthony, at which point we found wild arugula (rocket) growing with the thyme, and ate some on the spot. As I was carrying on from the col, ahead of Anthony for the moment, I came upon another person, and we dropped quickly into conversation. This turned out to be Goulven le Goff, making his was south on the GR20 (at the moment), self supported and wild camping (backpacking, not staying in refuges).  Goulven walked with us to the Uscaliolu refuge, and we had him as a guest on the podcast before he continued on to wherever he camped. This refuge was situated in a rocky gully, not quite as pleasant as many of the others, hot and lots of flies with sort of a youth hostel atmosphere. We slept again in rented tents. Good pasta dinner but it wasn't quite enough to eat.  Strava GPS: https://www.strava.com/activities/7253114268

    39 分鐘
  2. 2022/12/21

    GR20 Day 8 — The Boy Who Never Was

    May 31, 2022 — Stages 8 & 9 combined — Pietra Piana to Onda to Vizzavona — 13mi / 3,600' We did a "double" today from Pietra Piana up along the ridge and down to Onda for lunch, and then up and over another pass and down to Vizzavona. Another outstanding day in the mountains and we have been very very lucky with the weather which has been ideal — mostly sunny, some afternoon clouds, very little rain, not too hot, with a nice west wind today. We came across some incredible granite swimming holes this afternoon with a massive plunge pool to dive into, in the gorge above Vizzvona. It was getting late and so I ran the last 5km hoping to get to ‘town’ before 7pm, and I did, but only just barely in time to find a place to stay and eat before everything shut down for the evening. Part of the challenge of doing long days on the trail here is finding food at the end as most refuges serve dinner at 6 or 6:30, shops close at 7, and hotels, where they exist, serve from 7 to 8pm. That aside, we did get dinner and a bed, although the owner of the hotel in Vizzavona was very anxious and basically unfriendly. The village of Vizzavona is situated on the trail line that runs from Corte to Ajaccio, and is considered the halfway point of the GR20, because the train offers an easy entry/exit. There is a refuge / campground, but we chose to sleep in a gîte and eat at the hotel restaurant.  Strava GPS: https://www.strava.com/activities/7233418219

    33 分鐘

簡介

Two men, two weeks, two hundred kilometers. Join Anthony David Adams and Bowen Dwelle, two life-long friends and adventure partners, as they set off on Europe’s most difficult and most interesting long distance trekking route — the legendary GR20 — with the goal of answering one burning question: do they posses the “perfect fitness” that the GR20 is considered to require? Each episode debriefs one days progress through the mountains of Corsica with technical details, insights from the trail, surprise guests, emotional over-sharing and bread, more bread and nothing but bread for breakfast.

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