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THE RED BULLETIN PROMOTION<br />
Albert Villarroya<br />
Farrarós trains for his<br />
‘world walking tour’<br />
Many of us want to see more<br />
of the world when we enter<br />
adulthood. Some may<br />
travel for a year, others<br />
just visit new places with<br />
friends at the weekends. Not many<br />
can say they’re as committed to<br />
exploring the planet as Albert<br />
Villarroya Farrarós. <strong>The</strong> Chamonixbased<br />
adventure junkie is looking to<br />
set out on a mammoth task – to hike<br />
the whole world over 15 years.<br />
Having travelled around the<br />
Pyrenees on his bike after leaving<br />
school at the age of 18, Farrarós<br />
decided that the only way to truly<br />
experience the freedom of being out<br />
in nature was to undertake a much<br />
bigger solo journey. In collaboration<br />
with outdoor footwear brand<br />
Merrell, Farrarós is currently in<br />
training for this ambitious goal.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re are two very important<br />
aspects in training: the physical and<br />
the mental,” he says. “I wake up<br />
every morning and solo-climb easy<br />
routes, or I go bouldering and then<br />
go to work. In the afternoon, I run<br />
uphill [vertical kilometres, sprint<br />
series and long runs] so I can be fit<br />
for long journeys uphill.” But what<br />
motivates someone to set off on one<br />
of the world’s most ambitious hikes?<br />
If you don’t like something,<br />
change it<br />
“It might be the thing itself that<br />
needs to change or just your<br />
perspective, but the only person in<br />
power to make any change is you,”<br />
says Farrarós of his ethos. “It could<br />
be as simple as speaking to someone<br />
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