We would like to acknowledge the Peramangk and Kaurna people, the traditional owners of the lands on which we live, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Why Slower Hiking
We are Geoff Fisher and Helen McKerral, two old farts who have been on the planet for about six decades, four of them together. Based in South Australia, we play on the water in our kayak, in the air in our hang gliders and, of course, on the earth in our hiking boots.
Although I’m often in the garden, and Geoff hops on his pushbike several times a week when we’re not hiking, neither of us are elite athletes. Definitely not! And yet we enjoy many fantastic hikes at our own pace, which is considerably more relaxed and with shorter daily distances than those of greyhounds averaging forty kilometres per day. If we can, you can too!
Whatever your hiking speed, we’ll welcome and inspire you with tools to hike at your own pace with extra tips for hiking couples to work as a team.
We hope that what works for us as tortoises rather than hares works for you too, and that our tips inspire you to try new treks.
“Relaxed hikers reach remarkable places too!”