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Thanks Dave Adlard. This freaks me out.
Cliff walk El Camino del Rey (King’s pathway) in Spain.

Originally built in 1901, this walkway now serves as an approach to makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro.

… The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It […]

Wisdom of the crowd?
Trails.com is one of the very best hiking sites on the internet. I was once a member, but am no longer. I don’t like “walled garden” websites. (members only)
The results are in! After analyzing over 10 million “votes” from users over the past year, Trails.com is proud to announce its annual Top […]

We wrapped up our first day of hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park and noticed the following:
1. A thunderstorm was approaching.
2. Sunset wasn’t far away, either.
I figured we might get some interesting light on the Trail Ridge Road. I was snapping some pics of the alpenglow on mountains off to the East. I turned around […]

Plight Of Missing Hikers Will Make Great Movie

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Tom Mangan’s Two-Heel Drive is the most popular hiking blog on the Google.
But does Tom Mangan actually carry Tom Mangan’s 10 Essentials for Day Hiking the Bay Area on the trail?
I’ve assembled my version of the 10 things I need for a happy hike in the Bay Area, where the notable absence of such […]

A few pics from my hike today with Tom Mangan of Two-Heel Drive.
We headed across the Golden Gate Bridge en route to Point Bonita Lighthouse, touted in my guidebook the “most sensational easy hike in the Bay area”.
Tom concurred.

It’s only open a few hours each day, access blocked by a locked tunnel. […]

I’m looking at Tahoe in California for a September hike.
But NOT the entire 165mi loop.

TahoeRimTrail.org posted a poll: “What’s your favourite section to hike?”

If you have any advice for me, please leave a comment.

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Not nearly the best hike in Peru, none-the-less, everyone still wants to do the famous walk to Machu Picchu.

… the trek is full up until September. Restrictions imposed by the Peruvian government on the number of people allowed to hike the trail haven’t diminished its popularity and this year’s peak season sold out with […]

Most do only the 4mi return from the trailhead at stunning Ke’e Beach through to Hanakapiai Beach (one drowning / year). This is the glorious, but dangerous, Na Pali coast.
Serious hikers definitely want to overnight on the Kalalau Trail, the best hike in Hawaii. The highlight of my 3wks on Kauai.
I was there […]

Through besthike recommendations, people have bought hundreds of Lonely Planet guidebooks. They reinvented the genre, in my opinion. Never buy any other company without first comparing against LP.
Sadly, for the past 6-7 years I’ve started to notice problems.
LP author Thomas Kohnstamm has a new book coming out this week:

A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, […]