Rokas Mickevicius

Almost died in the mountains. Friends saved my life

Rokas Mickevicius20161204

So let's start in the beginning. When I was in school I met a lot of great people who later in my life turn out to be few of my best friends. After school gr...

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How to Plan a Backpacking Trip

Rokas Mickevicius20160811

Starting something new sometimes can be really frustrating. You have to get tons of information about every aspect. I know it because I was there many times. ...

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Tatra epic 1.0 – Backpacking Polish Tatra mountains photos

Rokas Mickevicius20160626

In 2016 I quit my job. I was doing a lot of crazy things. I was constantly looking for adventures and I couldn't sit in one place and about after a month I got...

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Italy epic 3.0 – Backpacking Via Ferratas photos

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This was my third trip to Italian mountains and I think it's the first one when I and my friends knew what we are doing. If was much simpler to find places t...

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ITALY EPIC 2.0 – Lost in Italian Alps, travel photos

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After first trip in Italian Alps I talked with one of my friends and told him how epic and adventurous backpacking in the mountains is. Since Lukas is adventuro...

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LABANORAS EPIC 4.0 – From forest to the concert

Rokas Mickevicius20140818

I don't even know if I can call this adventure EPIC. It was the shortest one of all our previous trips and we there only 3 from original group of five. It still...

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Italy epic 1.0 – First time backpacking in the mountains

Rokas Mickevicius20140502

This is my first trip in the mountains, after which everything started and I got crazy with backpacking in mountains and all other crazy things. Looking back m...

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LABANORAS EPIC 3.0 – Running back to work

Rokas Mickevicius20130730

Trip started with one friend barely making to the train. It was interesting and challenging six day trip in one of the biggest forest in Lithuania. In the end o...

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LABANORAS EPIC 2.0 – FOREST IS LIKE HOME

Rokas Mickevicius20110626

Second trip to Labanoras. Year after our first trip to Labanoras we decided to go to another adventure. One of the friends tooked ukulele and drum so we there s...

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Labanoras EPIC 1.0 – first backpacking experience

Rokas Mickevicius20100710

The day after school graduation I and my friends dive into our first adventure. We didn't know nothing about backpacking, also the constant questions about our ...

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