On 31 March 2019, we set off on the 4,279 km journey from Campo on the Mexican-American border to Manning Park in British Columbia/Canada, which we reached 8 months later at the end of November. 4,279 km on foot from Mexico to Canada, through the states of California, Oregon and Washington, through the Mojave Desert and the Sierra Nevada mountains, a trekking tour through 6 of the 7 ecosystems that the USA has to offer. According to the motto: "Every day is like a postcard".

We gave up all our comforts and lived almost exclusively away from civilisation in and with nature. On these pages, we report on our time on the trail, our experiences, the many extraordinary encounters and the film "LAUF!", which is currently being made about it and is due to be released in cinemas from autumn 2024.