Richard Hartfield

A self-shot, solo hiking adventure who Richard Hartfield set off alone into Russia's North Caucasus Mountains to follow a 1200km backpacking route through tightly-controlled border areas in Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. buff.ly/3K2EVjR

Last year, I spent two months trying to walk from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea through Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan to cross The Greater Caucasus Mountains. Not much went to plan except that it was awesome. Here’s a video trailer: youtu.be/Sr7pm5vGy18

Feeling extremely chuffed to be part of the latest issue of @OEmagazine with a feature article on my 2017 hiking trip across the mountains of Eastern Europe.

In conversation with Richard Hartfield on hiking the Greater Caucasus, police bureaucracy, dodging thunderstorms, and backpacking in areas where few Western hikers venture | The Great Outdoors buff.ly/30UOxGL