I’ve been hiking with the Granite Gear Virga 2 for many, many years.
But if I were to need something a bit more rugged, I’d most likely try the CROWN2 60.
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It’s one of Outside’s Best Packs of 2017.
thru hiker Otter Olshansky dead on the CDT
Otter Olshansky: A lonely death on New Mexico’s Continental Divide Trail
Super experienced, Otter pushed the limits one time too many. He died sometime after January 18th, 2016 in Lower Lagunitas Campground, New Mexico.
Rest in peace.
Akshayuk Pass Traverse, Baffin Island
Patagonia 8K
I’m planning to head to Patagonia early 2018.
This is research. 🙂
Shot in 6 weeks, travelling over 7500km from Santiago to Punta Arenas we captured roughly 100.000 still frames that combine into this timelapse video.
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Angel’s Landing, Utah
Yep. One of the world’s great day hikes.
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hiking with kids
scramble Masungi Georeserve, Phillipines
Nina and Tina of The Open Route recommend an adventure combining hiking with a very high ropes course.
Very cool.
That the Masungi Georeserve in the Philippines.
Click through to read their 2017 trip report – The Open Route – Masungi Georeserve: Ultimate Guide for First-timers 2017.
Details on booking a trip.
new hike in Cuba – Ruta de la Revolución
Adventure Alan:
- 6 to 8 days
- 150 kilometers
- must trek with a guide
- historical and cultural highlights
Hike la Ruta de la Revolución trek which follows the historic route of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara that started the Cuban Revolution—from landing in Cuba in a foundering boat to their famous hideout deep in the Sierra Maestra Mountains.
Walk for days on wooded trails and mountain roads—see no cars, only the occasional mule cart. Eat dinner by oil lamp with campesino families in remote rural villages. And finally, be one of the very first to do the La Ruta de la Revolución while it’s “undiscovered” and unspoiled. We didn’t see a non-Cuban until we reached Fidel Castro’s Comandancia de La Plata hideout deep in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. …
hike Wyoming’s Wind River Range via Titcomb basin
Titcomb basin connects a series of trails to deliver hikers to a granite stronghold of alpine lakes and Wyoming’s tallest peaks. The fishing is excellent. The elevation gain is minimal. Dogs are allowed in the Wind River Range, a rarity for wilderness areas in the U.S. …
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Titcomb basin is a popular destination for mountaineers, there to climb those beautiful peaks.
Tenzing & Edmund – Beyond the Edge
Beyond the Edge is a 2013 New Zealand 3D docudrama about Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary‘s historical ascent of Mount Everest in 1953. As well as featuring dramatised recreations shot on location on Everest and in New Zealand, the film includes original footage and photographs …
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