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Ever since I looked down the forbidden valley from Kagbeni while trekking the Annapurna Circuit, I’ve wanted to hike Lo Mustang in Nepal. Sadly, no independent hiking is allowed.
Kagbeni at 2810 m, spectacularly situated atop a cliff overlooking the confluence of the Kali Gandaki and the Jhong Khola rivers, is the last village in Lower […]

The Adventure Junkie of The Adventure Blog keeps close tabs on what’s happening in Africa (and the rest of the world).
His recent post Adventure On Mount Kenya caught my eye. It links to Matthew Power’s project to re-enact the Mt Kenya climb of British prisoners of war in 1943. (That “escape” was documented […]

One of the classiest and best travel photo sites is BluePeak edited by Rogier Gruys.
He is one of the few who have travelled to remote Torngat.
Even better, Rogier created a superb landing page for the Park where the rest of us now have a chance to see that weird, fantastical landscape.

… The […]

Great photos hiking in the highest mountains in the world.
Here’s a sample:

Chomolhari Trek, Bhutan - more photos
An expensive guided trek to Bhutan would be great. But when will that country finally open to independent hikers?
I’d love to get to Bhutan myself the first year it opens.
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I loved the Lost City Trek — Ciudad Perdida — when I was there in 1997. It’s a steep climb up a lost jungle city.
Ten years later the adventure is much safer as Brian Rudert reports:
Just did the hike in 4 days/3nights …
The trail is safe, very safe – with a large Colombian military […]

Ever since speaking with a woman from Kazakhstan, I’ve been reluctant to recommend treks in the former Soviet Union.
She told me, “Kazakhstan has wonderful trekking, but you will be robbed and possibly killed your first night in the mountains if you go alone.”
But I found an impressive website from Georgia. I would happily hike […]

Selected by Outside Magazine as their “2004 Trip of the Year”.

In November 2000 we were the first company to guide travelers across South Georgia Island, following in Sir Ernest Shackleton’s valiant footsteps. …
The Shackleton Crossing is an outing for the adventurous and historically minded. Shackleton’s traverse of the mountainous island was the culmination of one […]

There are certainly fantastic treks and volcano climbs on volcanic Kamchatka Peninsula.
Climbing climbing Koryaksky (3456m) is quite doable, for example.
You can find a number of trekking guides with Google. But are they reliable?
But we’ve not yet talked to anyone who’s hiked there. (Leave a comment below this post if you have more […]

Guide Aitelkadi Hassan contacted me regarding tours including treks in the Atlas Mountains. He collects you from the airport, makes all arrangements, and delivers you safely back for your return flight.
Get some testimonials from other travelers, of course, before you sign on with any guiding service.

Their website is AtlasWalkers.com (French).
Here’s the […]

Having never been there, I was envious reading Kraig Becker’s Kili trip reports on his Adventure Blogger site.
Now he’s been interviewed on The Outdoor Weblog:

Honestly, I’ve been thinking about this trip for four years now. I saw an IMAX film by David Breashears on Kilimanjaro and I was fascinated with the thought of trekking […]