Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Tom Mangan linked to a terrific video posted by the National Park Service.
Trails covered: Mist Trail, Panorama Trail, Upper Yosemite Fall Trail.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
See more like this on the Yosemite National Park YouTube channel.
(via Two-Heel Drive – Must-see vid: strenuous Yosemite day hikes)
Scott Cundy from The Wildand Trekking Company recommends this guided adventure for experienced hikers:
The Kanab Creek Backpacking Tour is a 7-day, 6-night North Rim hike that takes us nearly 25 miles into the Grand Canyon before we turn around and hike out.
It features spring-fed creeks, ancient pictographs, slot canyon hiking, fantastic camps, and a chance to see the Colorado River at one of its most remote points.
The trip begins with a day of hiking through the Kanab Creek Wilderness and an amazing camp with pictographs and fantastic spring water. The next day we traverse Jump Up Canyon, a 4-mile slot canyon that narrows to just 15 feet wide while towering hundreds of feet above us, and enter the Kanab Creek drainage.
The next two days we’ll continue down the Kanab Creek Drainage toward the Colorado River, passing Showerbath Spring, Whisper Falls, and other amazing desert water features along the way. After a hike to the Colorado River on day 4, we turn around and begin hiking out, soaking up the views of the famous Red Wall and the North Rim the whole way!
A final night at our first night’s camp is an opportunity to reminisce about the trip and plan our next adventure in to the world’s most famous canyon.
Details – Kanab Creek Adventure ($1495)
Barry posted a fascinating trip report on one of his Wilderness Adventures. Though it’s right out my back door, I’d never heard of this ghost town. Nor seen this stove worthy of the Chilkoot Trail.
Bankhead is an Alberta ghost town which existed between 1903 and 1923. On the road to Lake Minnewanka, about 2.5 KM (1.6 miles) north from the TransCanada, Banff Townsite exit, there is a turnout on the right where a short and easy 1.1 KM (0.7 mile) interpretive loop hike through old mine processing ruins is worth the time if you are willing to negotiate the steep stairs in and out of the site. The mine is located on the east base of Cascade Mountain.
… relics of their short existence including old foundations, derelict buildings and the debris of life in those times. …
read more – Hiking with Barry
Frank Wall on Facebook, linked (I think) to this great platypus pic.
These are difficult to spot in the wild. AND they are one of the few venomous mammals.
Sam set out in January on a 12,500mi proposed route he called the “All-In Trek”.
Many were dubious he’d be able to complete such an ambitious project without much previous experience.
He even suffered scorn and abuse on White Blaze.
On March 6th, day 64:
Today I made a very hard decision. I have chosen to leave the trail to seek medical care.
He’s currently documenting his recovery and formulating a plan.
by Kristin Tennessen and Danny Milks
We discovered why Torres del Paine, Chile is the poster child for Patagonia’s wilderness playground.
See all their wonderful pics on Backpacking Light
I’m debating whether the Paine Circuit should be added to our list of the top 10 hikes in the world.
Google will soon be mapping your favourite hiking trails with this rig.
(via MSNBC)
Google Street View expanding its reach to include more trails
Alan Parker sends this appeal for donations:
Help Andrew Liveris plant a billion trees by donating $1 to the Nature Conservancy to plant 1 tree.
The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy works in more than 30 countries …
Scott announced the cool new site – Peakery.com
Featuring over 150,000 peaks from around the globe. Find peaks by browsing lists, maps, and photos.
Use peakery to envision your next peak objective with photos, trip reports, stats, and maps. Then get out there and bag it.
peakery is the place to log your summits. Add trip details, triumphant summit photos, and get summit badges.
Check it out – Peakery.com
Yosemite, California.
If you were planning on climbing Half Dome this summer, you’ll have to wait until the next batch of permits (for July climbs) become available on April 1. This year, permits for climbing Half Dome are required on ALL days, not just weekends and holidays like last summer.
The first round of permits (for May and June climbs) went on sale on March 1 and sold out in twenty-three minutes. And that was just the permits for weekdays. Saturday and Sunday permits sold out in only ten minutes. …
original photo on flickr
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