Feb 19, 2019
EP040 : Show Notes St. Olav’s Way with Sherry Ott of Ottsworld
St. Olaf’s Way is a series of seven long distance pilgrimage paths through rustic Norway, away from the crowds. Just 1000 people complete the paths each year compared to over 200,000 for the El Camino in Spain.
Our guest today, Sherry Ott of the popular travel blog, Otts World, describes her experience hiking a section of one of the St. Olaf’s Way trails. A nomadic traveler and avid long-distance hiker for over a decade, Sherry says that this trail ranks in her TOP THREE of all time!
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Sherry’s Blog Post on St. Olaf’s Way
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TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Intro
00:20 The problem of over-tourism
04:27 Meet Sherry Ott of Ottsworld.com
05:01 How Sherry got in to adventure travel
08:58 St Olav Ways as a pilgrimage, for personal growth or mental/physical health
11:20 Going solo
12:32 Lodging
15:56 No luggage transfer at this time: carry everything
18:13 The landscape and how it is harder than the El Camino
20:00 Hiking sticks
20:26 When to go
21:34 Are the trails well signed
22:18 Paths and planning
22:58 What if you can’t speak Norwegian
24:16 Meeting locals and other hikers
26:13 Trondheim at the end of the paths
27:22 The other paths
28:45 St Olav - who was he
31:50 Sherry’s favorite memories
33:32 What Sherry wished she’d known beforehand
34:41 How to dress
35:12 How Sherry compares this hike to other long distance hikes she’s done
35:50 Ottsworld.com
37:29 Sherry to hike Japan
39:20 Kit’s take
WHERE TO FIND SHERRY:
Ottsworld
Website
https://www.ottsworld.com/
https://www.facebook.com/OttsworldTravel/
https://www.instagram.com/ottsworld/
https://www.pinterest.com/ottsworld/
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