Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Bloggers can’t win.
If they say something cryptic, ironic or sarcastic … some reader won’t get it. … There’s a time wasting exchange in the comments.
But here’s what you get if you explain every video, post or story for slow people …
… ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself …
Thanks Jason.
Paul Carr of Tech Crunch was frustrated that his WordPress blog is “lousy for maintaining a conversation“.
But after researching the alternatives, especially Tumblr, he’s sticking with WordPress.
If you want a conversation, go to a forum. If you have something to say, post it on WordPress. Simple.
Get your free blog at WordPress.com … or leave a comment if you have an option you like better. (Yes, I recognize the irony of that last sentence.)
Eric from Scenic Travel Canada linked to a superb video of our #1 hike in the world.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Great edit. Those lads are from my home town Calgary, I believe.
… To hike the West Coast Trail may be one of the most challenging outdoor wilderness experiences in your life. It’s tough yet scenic, beautiful yet wild. If you want to see how mentally & physically tough you are, consider challenging yourself on this 75 kilometer backpacking hike. …
Don’t miss the bottom of this post → Recommendations from Those who’ve Completed the WCT → Scenic Travel Canada
Friends who hiked the WCT this past summer didn’t have a drop of rain. Nice.
Candice Walsh posted a nice write-up on Go Nomad:
… The trail starts out with overhead views of Quidi Vidi Village and the surrounding cliffs. If you wander close enough to the edge, you can practically dangle your feet down onto tiny, brightly painted fishing sheds huddle against the rock face. The first leg is difficult and almost entirely uphill: steep hills to climb, stairways rising straight upwards, and often high winds to prevent you from moving forward quickly.
But the view at the top? Completely worth it. …
Check it out – Rediscovering Newfoundland and the East Coast Trail
official home page – East Coast Trail
related post – my July 2010 day hike trip report
by site editor Rick McCharles
I’ve done enough investigation this summer.
My first thru hike will be this:
… The CDT passes through many of the highest and wildest mountain regions of Colorado, such as the San Juan Mountains and the Sawatch Range. …
It is concurrent with the Colorado Trail for approximately 200 miles. The Continental Divide itself in Colorado meanders some 650 miles. There are many stretches of the Continental Divide in Colorado that have no distinct marked or named trail. …
All I need now is TIME one summer. And a solar powered, satellite blogging device.
Advice?
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Richard Tulloch’s amusing summary of his early season trek on one of the very best hikes in the world.
The full circuit of Europe’s highest range is some 170km long and takes about 60 hours of walking. Most people do it in 8-12 days. ….
It’s staggeringly beautiful terrain – or is that my pack making me stagger? …
Doing it in June is risky:
… We’re in a bit of trouble on our hike, high on Switzerland’s Col d’Emaney. It’s blowing a gale and there’s frozen snow on a treacherously steep slope. My Dutch companions are carrying ice axes, but I’m not roping myself to anyone who learned their mountaineering below sea level in Amsterdam. …
Click through to see how they got out of this situation …
TOUR DE MONT BLANC – the Swiss section
And while you’re there, click through on HIKING for Richard’s adventures in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and more.
→ besthike TMB information page
by site editor Rick McCharles
I did Salcantay in 2004. It’s well covered on our Salcantay information page.
Now there’s an even better resource for those considering using that route to get to Machu Picchu. salkantay trek is a blog, trip report and photo journal all-in-one.
Check it out for yourself – salkantay trek
Salcantay is a back door route to Machu Picchu. One of the alternatives to the oft criticized Inca Trail.
The main advantage is that Salcantay can still be done independently. The Inca Trail must be done with guides.
The main reasons to take the train to Machu Picchu and hike elsewhere in Peru … ??
Tiny biting flies. They can be horrendous, even at the ruins.
I’ve subscribed to the The Suburban Mountaineer, editor Andrew Szalay.
Here’s one sample post:
1. Go somewhere the Blackerry and cell phone gets no signal.
2. Get up early at least once and watch the mist rise off the lake.
3. Stay up late to watch the stars, and then sleep in.
4. Hike, climb or paddle hard and finish the day with an ice cold beer.
5. Find a great vantage point, lay out the map and match each point within view to its name.
6. Cook something over an open fire.
7. Use a pocket knife for something other than opening a beer bottle.
8. Play cards with friends on a rainy day.
9. Upon reaching your destination you see a peak not too far off, look it up on your map and say “what the heck,” and go exploring.
10. In-country, cook a meal you thought you would only find in a restaurant.
Check out The Suburban Mountaineer.
This has nothing to do about hiking.
It’s only of interest if you are on Facebook. And disgruntled.
I’ve posted a rant on my personal blog – Rick McCharles – Facebook is EVIL … alternatives?
STEPHEN REGENOLD is on drugs.
… Acetazolamide. That’s what’s written on the bottle. Diamox is its more common commercial name, and because of its aid in acclimatization, the medication is among the most popular with trekkers and climbers in the Khumbu Region of Nepal.
In two weeks, I have come from Minneapolis to Mount Everest, from about 1,000 feet above sea level at home to the thin air of Base Camp. I pushed one day higher still to 18,600 feet, ascending a small peak near Everest (Kala Patthar) for a view of Mount Pumori and the stark black pyramid of Everest itself, an angle of rock piercing to 29,035 feet in the sky. …
click through to read about his trek – Thin Air: Essay on Everest Base Camp
I’m still waiting on a summary report from Kraig Becker, the Adventure Blogger, who was there about the same time.
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