This cycling book includes a pretty good overview of hiking trails on each island. I recommend it.
James Kaiser’s Yosemite
Mary Jane Carroll from Whitecloud sent me a review copy of Yosemite the Complete Guide to Yosemite National Park 4th edition 2016.
Filled with gorgeous photographs, this full-color guidebook showcases the highlights and hidden gems of Yosemite National Park. From the thundering base of Yosemite Falls to the sparkling granite of El Capitan, Yosemite: The Complete Guide equips travelers with everything they need to make the most of their time in the park. …
James is a photographer / writer / hiker who’s obviously in love with everything Yosemite.
Though the guidebook is very comprehensive, the text is succinct. Very clearly written.
If you were headed to Yosemite it’s an excellent resource for where to stay. And where to hike.
Great Walks of the World – D. Larraine Andrews
This 2014 book includes some great walks: Larapinta Trail, Milford Track, Carthew-Alderson, Chilkoot Trail, Yosemite’s Panorama Trail, etc.
But it also includes some surprising choices – Mt Sinai, for example.
It includes an oddball assortment of tips on each. I’d hardly call it a hiking guidebook, however.
An eclectic collection of 11 global walks and hikes, the book includes destinations on every continent but Antarctica. From one-day saunters to two-week odysseys, readers will find the in-depth story behind each trail, combined with detailed maps and a visual feast of archival and contemporary images from contributors located around the world. …
Cape Scott and the North Coast Trail
Cape Scott and the North Coast Trail is the first comprehensive guidebook about one of Vancouver Island’s most iconic destinations. Each year, thousands of backpackers and nature lovers head to the northern limits of Vancouver Island, bound for the jewel of the region: Cape Scott Provincial Park and the recently completed North Coast Trail. …
This part of the world is a fantastic wilderness. But we have serious reservations about the standard route – don’t hike the North Coast Trail
back to the Sunshine Coast Trail
11 of us tried to hike British Colombia’s Sunshine Coast Trail summer of 2015.
We lasted only 3 days. 🙂
I’m heading back to the Sunshine Coast today on my own to see if I can knock off a big chunk of the 180-kilometre trail that stretches from Sarah Point in Desolation Sound to Saltery Bay.
more maps
The huts are basic. First come, first served. I’ll carry a tent, just in case.
No fees. No registration. Easy access from multiple trailheads means you can resupply en route. Logistics will be easy.
My main worries are bugs. And mud.
I’ll swat the bugs with the guidebook by Eagle Walz.
Carrot Quinn – PCT memoir
This looks great.
Carrot Quinn fears that she’s become addicted to the internet. The city makes her numb, and she’s having trouble connecting with others. In a desperate move she breaks away from everything to walk 2,660 miles from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. It will be her first long-distance hike.
In the desert of Southern California Carrot faces many challenges, both physical and emotional: pain, injury, blisters, aching cold and searing heat, dehydration, exhaustion, loneliness. In the wilderness she happens upon and becomes close with an eclectic group of strangers- people she wouldn’t have chanced to meet in the “regular world” but who are brought together, here on the trail, by their one common goal: make it to Canada before the snow flies.
Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
wikiexplora Best Hikes of the World
wikiexplora reviewed 9 top hiking books:
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From those, they arrived at their own top 10:
1 Chile Torres del Paine Trek, Patagonia
2 Perú Inca Trail
3 Tanzania Mt. Kilimanjaro
4 France-Italy-Switzerland Haute Route
5 Nepal Everest Base Camp
6 New Zealand Routeburn track, Fiordland-Mount Aspiring Nationals Parks, South Island
7 Pakistan Snow Lake/Biafo-Hispar/Lupke La Region
8 Pakistan Baltoro glacier / Concordia
8 India Zanskar river, Ladakh
10 USA Kaibab trail, Grand Canyon (Rim-to-Rim), Arizona
I wouldn’t consider their methodology foolproof. Just because the Inca Trail is famous, doesn’t mean it’s one of the top hiking experiences of the world.
Only the Haute Route and Everest are on our top 10 list.
Still, it’s worth clicking through. Check the next 40 hikes as well as honourable mentions.
new – Scottish National Trail
The Scottish National Trail is an 864 kilometre-long long distance walking route running the length of Scotland from Kirk Yetholm to Cape Wrath.
Devised by outdoors writer and broadcaster Cameron McNeish, the Trail offers very varied walking, following long-established footpaths for much of the distance but becoming progressively more difficult as it heads north, finishing with a tough stretch of backpacking – with some pathless and demanding terrain – on the final stretch of the Cape Wrath Trail. …
Click PLAY or watch a teaser on YouTube.
Lonely Planet Trekking in the Patagonian Andes
The 2009 edition is longer available from LP. Not even as a digital version. 😦
I highly doubt it will ever be updated.
You can still find used versions on Amazon at high cost.
I searched until I found one in a used book store. I’ll hang on to it. There’s nothing better for the region, in my opinion.
A 2015 Spanish language guidebook is closest – Trekking por Chile by Compass, the map company.
If you only need to see some of the Lonely Planet guide, check the version archived on Google Books.
new Iceland hiking guidebook
Uwe has authored a series of hiking guides to Iceland, the most recent in English.
This one covers the most popular hikes, Laugavegur and Fimmvörduháls trails.
Details on Unique-iceland.com/en/.
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