Travelling the Oyster

Travelling the Oyster

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We’re Max and Tom. We met at University in 2009 and in 2014 we set off to backpack and see the world. We travelled around South and Central America, learned to scuba dive, lived and worked in Australia, hiked and travelled around New Zealand, travelled around South East Asia and then headed to Nepal, where we hiked to Everest Base Camp. We returned home over 2 years later, having ‘got travel out of our system while we were young’, rented a flat and got jobs like you’re supposed to, but, we were not done with adventure. In 2017 we set off to the USA to hike the 2,189 mile Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine through 14 states. It took us 5 months and it was the hardest, most amazing thing we had ever done. Ever since then, we haven’t been able to get the Appalachian Trail out of our heads. We got married in June 2019, our business was successful and growing but our hearts were just never truly in it. So here we are, making big changes in order to try live the life that we think will give us most purpose, even if it goes against the grain.

Thursday, 15 June 2017

The Appalachian Trail, our adventure so far...

So, on the 5th of May 2017 we took our first step onto the Appalachian Trail. With 2,180 miles ahead of us we were apprehensive but excited for such an epic adventure, and now, 530 miles in we are still marching onwards with enthusiasm!

Swin AKA "Imagine" has done a fantastic job of collating our journey so far into a series of videos which are now live on YouTube.

Before you watch you should know that we're just two normal people - we're inspired to live in the moment, love living outside, and we want to make every day count, so with that we don't take ourselves too seriously and our videos are as much of a diary or documentation for us to look back at, as they are a way for friends, family, and anyone who cares to see what the AT is all about.

Update: We're in Marion, Virginia, we now have trailnames - Swin's trailname is "Imagine", mine (Max) is "Baggins", annoyingly i'm resting a tendon injury, and resupplying, before cracking on and seeing more of this wonderful trail. Also, I'm proud to be a Kitvision Ambassador so check out my page on their website.

Welcome to our adventure, we hope you enjoy! :)


Watch our other videos on our YouTube channel: Swin & Max Erashoe

Thanks to Kitvision, our videos were captured on the Kitvision Escape 4KW Action Camera. Check out the Kitvision blog here.

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