James Norbury and Alex Felstead are on an epic quest to hike 500 kilometers (over 300 miles) on the North Island of New Zealand. They’re doing this to recreate the journey Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee absorb J.R.R Tolkien’s fantasy novel sequence, The Lord of the Rings. And sure, they’re dressed up like Hobbits. And sure, they’ve a hoop.
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Norbury and Felstead are at the moment two weeks into their journey to take their ring from the Hobbiton movie set in Matamata all the best way to Mount Ngāuruhoe—aka Mount Doom. Within the movies, Frodo and Sam set off from their house within the Shire (filmed on the Hobbiton film set, which you can totally visit) and take a harmful quest to Mordor and, particularly, Mount Doom (filmed at Mount Ngāuruhoe) to destroy the evil ring and save Center Earth.
Like Frodo and Sam, the 2 modern-day trekkers are making the journey on foot and by canoe. Thus far, Norbury and Felstead have run into some challenges, together with an electrical fence, tough rapids, and a few powerful trails they needed to bushwhack their method by. Norbury is sharing frequent updates about their quest on Instagram.
Watch movies of two mates recreating Frodo’s quest to destroy the One Ring right here: