GirlsWhoHike.net

This organization is blowing up.

70,000 members and growing rapidly. And it’s free to join.

Established in December 2015, Girls Who Hike is a nationally recognized hiking organization based in the United States. …

We have 57 chapters throughout the nation with additional chapters on the radar for 2018. Our closed communities are reserved for individuals who identify as female.

about

Check out their Facebook page.

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019

Inspired to hike

And inspired to use Tim’s great photo for our site header.

Photo by Tim Tiedemann on Unsplash.

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019

Our NEW Facebook Page

By site editor Rick McCharles

In 2018 Facebook stopped allowing posts to be automatically shared to my Facebook profile.

But they will allow automatic posting to a dedicated Facebook Page.

You can Follow that page now. We’ll be testing it over coming weeks.

November 28, 2018November 27, 2018

interview with Rick McCharles of BestHike.com

That’s me. 🙂

Read the interview on Reviews Outdoors:

Rick McCharles of BestHike.com Tells Us about His Next Big Adventure

September 30, 2017September 24, 2017

Tips for Women Hiking

Jennifer Saito posted a super comprehensive summary of hiking advice for the ladies.

37 Tips for Women Hiking Alone [Bonus: Female Hikers’ Blogs]

Here’s her list of female centric hiking blogs:

July 11, 2017July 11, 2017

Hike Hong Kong blog

Guest post by Jean-Christophe Clement:

When I moved to Hong Kong in 2008, I had this idea of a concrete jungle. This was indeed the case. However, foreigners usually don’t realize that Hong Kong territory is less than 10% urbanized, and over 40% of the land is designated as country parks. I soon discovered that there was a world of outdoor adventures for me to discover. However, the information that was available back then on how to get to the nicest trails, waterfalls, and other lesser known spots was scarce and mostly in Chinese. Furthermore, the instructions on how to get to the trails, and stay on the trails were approximate, at best!

That’s how the HikeHongKong blog was born; out of a desire to make access to the wonderful Hong Kong trails easy and accessible to all.

The response from hikers has been beyond my greatest hopes; as of July 2017, HikeHongKong gets over 100,000 hit a month, mostly from Hong Kongers, but also from the U.S.

Today, I have over 150 documented Hong Kong hikes with full instructions on how to get there without a car, difficulty ratings, cel-phone reception, maps, etc.

There are 3 ways to get to all the goodies:

https://sites.google.com/site/hikehongkongweb
http://hikehongkong.blogspot.hk
https://www.facebook.com/HikeHongKong/ (if you Like it, you’ll get a new Hong Kong hike every week on your wall)

In closing, I leave you with my Top Hong Kong hikes.

Happy trails!

June 12, 2017June 12, 2017

translating web pages into another language

In the navigation column you’ll find a widget which can translate this page.

Most people these days, however, do it with add-ons to their browser. Here are a few examples that work:

Chrome browser add-on for Google translate

Firefox browser add-on for Google translate

Translate Safari Extension

Windows Edge browser Translator

June 6, 2017June 5, 2017

Top 25 Hiking Blogs

Louise Brown put together a list of the best on the web. And it’s quite good including many of my own favourites.

The Trek

Hiking Forward

Hike it Baby

Hiking with Barry

Hiking The Trail

Bikes and Hikes LA

The Traveling Fool

Trek Tech

The Hiking Life

Andrew Skurka

American Hiking Society

Modern Hiker

Trail Journals

Hikespeak

Hiking In Finland

The Big Outside

Best Hike

Hiking in The Smokys

Just A Colorado Gal

The Hike Guy

Backpacking Light

Adventure Alan

Our Hiking Blog

The Broke Backpacker

Section Hiker

January 17, 2017July 12, 2017

Chile – Torres Del Paine Circuit

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

more Torres photos

January 6, 2017January 5, 2017

50 Awesome Hiking Blogs

Mitch Stevens of Southwest Discoveries posted 50 sites they like.

Though most of the 50 are focused on the S.W. USA, we are honoured to be included. 🙂

www.besthike.com

Besthike.com, founded by intrepid adventurer Rick McCharles, is one of the best hiking blogs on the web. It is a comprehensive listing of the world’s best hikes. Rick not only catalogs the planet’s best life changing hikes but provide descriptions. It is no surprise that Rick includes hikes in the southwest as some of the best hikes in the world. Most of the hikes he recommends are challenging multi-day adventures, such as the Zion Narrows for instance. Rick is continuing to research the best hikes on earth, calling his website a “work in progress.”