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The guided Manaslu Circuit trek in Nepal is one of the very best hikes in the world.
Some good news.
The April 2015 earthquake triggered landslides that destroyed many sections of the Budi Gandaki Trail, cutting off Upper Gorkha, affecting the movement of local people and trekkers on the Manaslu Circuit.
Now, engineers have used cantilever technology to restore damaged sections of the trail along the narrowest and steepest parts of the Budi Gandaki gorge. …
(via Manaslu Circuit Trek)
Jan Kozlowski is trekking the world. He’s next off to southern Africa.
We’re now following his website which includes his trip reports. Jan welcomes YOU to post your trip reports on his site, as well.
Here’s a sample – Chile – Torres Del Paine
A few weeks ago, a Beijing newspaper announced that the Chinese government was building a new mountaineering center and hotel near the north side of Everest. …
The mountaineering center will be located in Old Tingri, a town 40 miles northwest of Everest, and will house much of the infrastructure we currently associate with the French Alps: a heli base for rescue operations on the mountain, a mountaineering school for high altitude workers, and a fully stocked hotel. …
The mountaineering center is scheduled to be completed by 2019, three years ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
I hiked Tingri (Dingri) to Everest in 1998. Dingri was one crappy town at that time. Seems it’s not improved much in the years since.
As always, there will be pros and cons in commercializing Everest in Tibet.
… charting the disastrous Everest season of 2014. The director aimed to get a Sherpa’s point of view on climbing Everest after the famous flareup of 2013, and instead was on the ground to document the appalling loss of life and resulting Sherpa strike the following year. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Chris Townsend:
This trek to the base of the fifth highest mountain in the world is my favourite of the three treks I’ve done in this part of the world. …
Out There – The Pictures 1: Trekking to Makalu Base Camp
That trek was guided. But you can now do Makalu independently.
I’m keen to hike the NEW Patagonia Park in southern Chile about a half hour taxi ride from Cochrane.
The West Winds Campground is open October to April. There are a number of new day hikes open in the park including the Lagunas Altas Loop.
Lagunas Altas Loop Trail brochure (PDF)
It’s not easy to get to Cochrane, by the way. 🙂
If you want to know more about the new Park start at the official website – PatagoniaPark.org
Ian Lloyd Neubauer details his visit on a BBC post – The man who spent his fortune on a Park
Cam Honan:
… a 340 kilometre (211 miles) hiking trail that spans the breadth of Switzerland. Starting in Sargans on the border with Liechtenstein, it passes up and over sixteen mountain passes before reaching its western terminus at Montreux, situated on Lake Geneva.
I completed the Alpine Pass Route in August, 1997. Nineteen years and many hiking miles later, it remains one of my favourite European trails. A memorable combination of gorgeous mountain scenery, picturesque villages, great hospitality and some very cool side trips …
It’s one of our best hikes in Europe.
Veteran climbing guide Dave Adlard led some new mountaineers on a climb of Mt Adams, Washington.
Thousands climb it every year.
The weather went bad.
“If you haven’t figured it out already we’re not going up. We need to get the hell off this mountain alive.” as our guide and friend, David Adlard, said to us at six in morning.
Read the entertaining trip report on Mtn Talk – Mt. Adams: Get Down Alive
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