This is precisely why Florian developed a simple solution: setting off with a group, backpack on, to trek in the heart of nature. One might think that while fasting, physical strength would wane, making it unwise, or even impossible, to walk all day. And yet…

It all began when Florian started his transition to a raw food diet in 2014, following a spontaneous fast (imposed naturally by his body) during which he experienced a period of peak physical condition. Perplexed by this experience which contradicted his beliefs, particularly the idea that we need to eat to have energy, he researched raw nutrition and completely revised everything he thought he knew on the subject. Amazed by this pranic experience that fell from the sky, he wanted to replicate it, but in vain: all the fasts he attempted afterwards were difficult, and he couldn’t recapture that state of grace he had once tasted.

The idea then came to him to return to Canada, a country he had crossed by non-motorized means in 2015-2016 (read the story of the America Extrema expedition). Florian thought that by being in nature and walking all day, he would stop thinking about food and relive that fluidity of body and mind.

And so, in August 2018, Florian returned to the Mackenzie Mountains accompanied by filmmaker Damien Artero to create the documentary “La Marche Sans Faim” (“The Walk Without Hunger”). It documented a unique experience: 2 weeks and 360 km of trekking without food in one of the wildest settings possible: grizzly bear mountains below the Arctic Circle and dozens of glacial rivers to cross. It was a revelation, astounding Florian with the seemingly limitless capabilities of the human body and the benefits it brought him on physical, mental, and spiritual levels. So much so that upon returning to France, he could think of nothing but repeating the experience, but closer to home.

This is how the Fasting & Trekking concept was born: offering 7-day fasting treks to groups of a maximum of 20 people.