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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 […]

BootsnAll, the website for independent travelers, announces its Top 10 Destinations for Independent Travellers 2008. …
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Budapest, Hungary
Morocco
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Imet Gogo, Ethiopia (Simien Mtns)
Queenstown, New Zealand
Palermo, Sicily
Petra, Jordan
Belize
Nepal
(via The Adventure Blog)
I’m liking the three in bold for trekking:

Imet Gogo (3926m), Ethiopia - flickr - Paul Zizka
best hikes in Africa

Queenstown, New Zealand - flickr […]

If you are looking to one-up your hiking buddies, this might do the trick.
As quoted by Treehugger:
… this is din-ink. A set of pen caps, including a fork-cap, a knife-cap and a spoon-cap, that replaces the normal pen cap …

Dining in 2015: Din-Ink
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My chronic ankle sprain has not hindered in years, but I’m considering specific trail running shoes in future.
From the Sierra Trading Post blog:
An Ounce (or Two) of Prevention
So here’s the damage control. If you have a weak or dysfunctional ankle, you can reduce the likelihood of injury, and re-injury, by taping, bracing, stretching and […]

High on my life list is Roraima. Some good tips from this guided trip report:

This mountain was one of the reasons I wanted to come to Venezuela, and it didn’t disappoint. I have plenty of gripes about the tour, even though we went with the company that is supposedly the best, and is the […]

A year ago, we did a Christmas countdown of our top 10 hikes in the world.
It’s almost holiday time again.
Starting December 16th, besthike.com will post our list of the best hiking regions in the world starting with #10.
We’ll reveal one each day culminating Christmas morning with the #1 hiking region on Earth.
That’s […]

by Rick McCharles, editor
I was a minor contributor to a gorgeous new National Geographic coffee table book.

Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips
One chapter describes Adventures on Foot. I helped write the Paria Canyon hike description.

My own 2006 trip report was used as a reference.
Though any experienced hiker will […]

Walking and camping the remote Scottish islands?
Are you crazy? The weather is TERRIBLE.

In September 2003, I started my attempt to become the first person to sleep on all of the 162 Scottish islands over forty hectares.
On 29 August 2007, I completed the UK’s greatest ever challenge, when I left Soay St. Kilda. …
I do […]

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