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Gerald is a highly experienced hiker who walked in many remote areas around the world. He learned about this trail though a common friend (Christine Thürmer, the German author of the book “Laufen, Essen, Schlafen”). When we got in touch I told him about the newly drafted but unverified fife northern sections (GPT01 to GPT05). He loved the idea to be the first to investigate and record them and so he did! When he reached the already verified part of the GPT he did not continue on the “path of least resistance” by following the already well documented regular route but instead he kept investigating and recording the more remote and mountainous options that I drafted mainly based on satellite images and descriptions from local arrieros. He hikes without making a self-promotion-show out of it and this is a pleasant contrast to some others (that I’m not citing here!). His careful and humble attitude is key to appreciate the GPT. If you plan to walk the northern sections then I highly recommend reading his blog. He provides a very detailed account of the route and Gerald’s blog tells you in a personal and exemplary way what to expect when walking the GPT.
====Piia Kortsalo and OliverBarker====
Hiked on the GPT: Southbound all sections from GPT06 to GPT22
Piia and Oliver, a FinishFinnish-Canadian couple, walked sections GPT06 to GPT22 in about two month. Like Gerald Kramer Klamer they maximized their time on the trail by minimizing resupply stops, a strategy that we also apply and suggest . Combining several sections into longer legs is beneficial where you do not have a village with a shop at the section end but where you need to fully appreciate take bus to a town far off the trail. Such a resupply bus trip can easily take two days. To efficiently cover longer multi-section legs Piia and Oliver paid a great deal of attention to gear weight and function. They applied a lot of the ultra-light principals but not so much to go fast but to get far. They normally got food for about 10 days each time they had the opportunity resupplied and then walked often several sections in a rowas far as feasible. I’m impressed how they moved on even when they got in overgrown terrain and how they managed the sometimes unpredictable nature of the GPT. Where others turned around they just kept going but in respectful and humble manner, a key attitude on the GPT.
[[File:Unboundedthefilm.jpg|thumb|500px|Robyn, Aljoscha and Anthony. Image: Garrett Martin]]
====Garrett Martin, Robyn, Aljoscha and Anthony====
Hiked on the GPT: GPT06 (partly), GPT07, GPT10-GPT12, GPT17, GPT18 (partly), GPT19, GPT22 (partly)
