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In 1997 I had a rough time getting to Tibet. I would take the new train if I went again.
It departs Beijing every night at 9:30 p.m. and arrives in Lhasa just under 48 hours later. Tickets are in high demand, and the Chinese don’t go out of their way to make it easy for […]

Every time I shop for travel insurance it hurts my brain.
There are so many different options. Agents always try to up-sell me with cautious concern whether all my adventure activities will be covered.
No more.
We’ve affiliated with World Nomads, an on-line company out of Australia catering to the active traveller.
Of the many different policies […]

When bike hiking, this is not the way to go.

photo source unknown
Thanks Dave!.

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When I first saw Angel’s Landing from a distance, I wondered how anyone could get up there.
A group exploring Zion in 1916 felt the same way. Frederick Fisher exclaimed, “only an angel could land on it.”

photo by champy1013
It’s a gain of 1700ft (518m) via Walter’s Wiggles, steep switchbacks blasted into the cliff. This is […]

For the second time in two days I hear raves for Oregon Scientific products.
Very nice new gadget for the holidays. The ATC2K is waterproof to 3 meters, shock resistant, and easily clips to your helmet, head or handlebars via an accessory kit made for action sports. So you can surf with this. Ski with […]

The reputation is that the Juan de Fuca is easy compared with the longer West Coast Trail. Not so. It is just as challenging though in different ways. (It’s even more important to hike at low tide on Juan de Fuca.)
A personal, detailed and honest account of a physically challenging adventure, Mike Rocheleau posted this […]

From our last post on Paine:

But organizing an independent hiking adventure in that far off part of the world can be frustrating. Management of the Park is convoluted & confusing. Two private companies (Andescape & Fantastico Sur) share responsibilities with the federal government & run the mountain huts (refugios). A third company Vertice Patagonia runs […]

On a section of the East Coast Trail in Newfoundland, Canada, lucky hikers came upon a fantastic scene.
The Humpbacks had trapped a school of capelin against the coast, and were feeding within 50 metres of the shore.

More photos and a travelogue on Rexton’s blog:Tors Cove Trail « Where the Wind’s Like a Whetted Knife
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I spend a lot of time checking Amazon, the world’s largest bookstore, especially the user reviews.
If you click through to Amazon.com from this site, we get a small commission, about 4%. This helps pay for the hosting of besthike.
Amazon is happy. We are happy. And you are happy if we get the recommendation right […]

Seems it’s fairly popular in Germany and the UK.
Steve Gough is the most (in)famous proponent.
In the United Kingdom, Steve Gough, known as The Naked Rambler, received much media coverage for walking naked from Land’s End to John o’Groats in 2003–2004 and again in 2005–2006. He was arrested and imprisoned several times during both his walks. […]