{"id":8973,"date":"2023-11-24T10:57:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T09:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/2023\/11\/24\/even-small-steps-lead-to-the-goal\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T11:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T10:16:39","slug":"even-small-steps-lead-to-the-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/2023\/11\/24\/even-small-steps-lead-to-the-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Even small steps lead to the goal"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”8953″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1700815023279{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]I’ll be honest, when I first read your footprints on Find Penguins, I didn’t expect you to complete the entire trail. How wrong I was. As a man, one all too easily forgets that it takes much more courage for a woman to camp alone in an outdoor shelter. You did it anyway, and you can truly be proud of yourself. Your North German serenity and perseverance, which are foreign to a Rhinelander like me, seem to have motivated you. If someone were to ask me what ‘Hike your own Hike’ means, I would point them to your journey. Don’t look at others, but follow your own path… mindful, curious, and sociable, accompanied by friends and at your own pace.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”8958″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text]You even had time to give an interview<\/a> to the local press and share pictures of shelters and water sources with us. With that, you are only the third woman to have completed the entire North-South Trail, but hopefully not the last. Dear ‘Deichschaf,’ welcome to the Hall of Fame<\/a> and never forget\u2026<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201eno pain, no dirt, no Haldenwanger Eck\u201e<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”8965″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deichschaf is only the third woman to have completed the entire North-South Trail, but hopefully not the last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thru-hikes-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t