He is 33 years old, his name is James Norbury and is a great fan of running in adventures away from home. But it is also one of those great fans in the story of The Lord of the Rings. And that I dreamed of traveling the landscapes of New Zealand where the trilogy was shot. For two weeks he has fulfilled his dream.
Its ambitious bet is Tour, on foot (walking or running), the 500 kilometers that separate Hobbiton (at an hour and a half of Auckland) from Mount Doomtwo indisputable points of the scenarios in which Peter Jackson, director, by the way, born in the same country where he directed the story.
The curious thing about Norbury’s adventure is that he idolizes both the vicissitudes suffered dressed as the protagonists of the three films, with layers or even barefoot. Their occurrences are telling them on Instagram and liked it because he has won, since his adventure began, thousands of followers.
In fact, the young man It usually has around 15 thousand likes in their publications about the trip, although in two of them there were more than 300 thousand The people who told him that they liked what he had told about this peculiar adventure.
A dream come true
“Every day I feel a little ridiculous when seen with cape and vest. But I am living the dream of my childhood of being Frodo!” Norbury says in one of his publications.
The forest of Pureora It has been one of the first demanding routes that Norbury had to save, a very popular area for mountain bike lovers. In the case of WHANGANUIit is a river that the young man has traveled in Canoa, to reach Pipiriki from Taumarunui.
The final destination, as in the history of JJ Tolkien, is Mordor or the very volcano used for the mount of destiny, located specifically in the National Park of Tongariro.
To his already Thousands of followers on Instagramthe young man has also shared the spirit of this thrilling trip: “We need more cheerful and healthy missions in the world, missions against a society built around instant gratification and the possession of more things.”
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