Whoopee. National Geographic posted 5 US National Parks “best hikes of 2007”.
Mount LeConte – Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina
Halemauu Trail – Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
Tomales Point Trail – Point Reyes National Eashore, California
Highland Creek Trail – Wind Cave National Park, South DakotaHalf Dome – Yosemite National Park, California
National Parks: Hiking – National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Hmm. Who chose these five??
They should check our list of the best hikes in North America for next year. Only Half Dome is on our list.
Whenever I see nonsensical articles like this I laugh anew at the meaningless list category on the Goblog site. They are SO right.
People will read anything so long as it’s titled TOP 10 Hikes in the World.
The GetOutdoors blog also has categories for meaningless awards and meaningless records.
Now … I supposed I should check out the National Geographic list. A couple of these look pretty good. Perhaps they should be on our list.
Point Reyes National Seashore – NPS
Haleakala National Park – NPS
(via Modern Hiker)
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Much better is another less meaningless list posted by National Geographic in 2005:
1. The Colorado Trail
2. Buckskin Gulch, Utah
3. John Muir Trail, California
4. Kalalau Trail, Kaua’i, Hawai’i
5. McGonagall Pass, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
6. Fitz Roy Grand Tour, Patagonia, Argentina
7. Kungsleden, Sweden
8. Mount Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal
9. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
10. Routeburn Track, New Zealand
11. Shackleton Crossing, South Georgia Island
National Geographic Classic Hikes of the World
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