Coasteering is movement along the intertidal zone of a rocky coastline on foot or by swimming, without the aid of boats, surf boards or other craft.
Coasteering allows a person to move in the “impact zone” between a body of water and the coast where waves, tides, wind, rocks, cliffs, gullies, and caves come together.
The term was first used by Edward C Pyatt as the combination of the words “mountaineering” and “coast” and was adopted by Andy Middleton in Wales in 1985, who then made it a business idea. …
The rocky cliff coasts of western Britain provide the world’s principal location for organised guided coasteering, where it is available from over 100 activity centres. …
Coasteering may be included as one of the disciplines for a stage of an adventure race. …
The RAB film In the Footsteps of Banryu follows athletes Jake Baggaley, Aoi Chan, Yusuke Tannaka, and Sam Hill as they attempt to fast pack a route known as the Kamikochi, Yarigatake, and Hotaka Circuit. This path, following knife-edge ridges and climbing jagged peaks …
First explored in 1994, Hang En is now known to be the world’s third-biggest cave. …
First, you have to hike for a half day through the stunning Phong Nha Ke Bang national park. Then, you get to camp in tents set up inside the cave.
When you wake up, you’ll see the first sunlight beaming through the cave entrance.
Making it feel even more special is that the tours to Hang En are kept wonderfully small-scale; only one company is licensed to run expeditions there and they will only take one group of up to 12 people at a time. …
You can see weird and wild limestone spires right from town. Convenient, efficient public transport makes for easy access to trails for hikers of all levels of ability.
Mostly, I use my Apple Watch as a remote for taking PHOTOS and VIDEOS on the trail.
Most of the time, the watch shows a low resolution image so I can better frame the shot.
For example, I took this photo of myself in a Prambanan temple using the watch. Typical range is 33 feet (10 meters) — but I find it varies quite a bit.
One downside ➙ doing this does kill the watch battery quickly. MUST remember to bring the charging cable with me on the hike. 😀
I was inspired by Kurt Papke to better organize how I use my Apple Watch while hiking.
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