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hiking and cycling Mt Shasta, California
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headed for Pumalín National Park, Patagonia
Jan 29th, 2018 Pumalín was finally declared a National Park.
One of the great stories in conservation ever. 🙂
I’ll be cycling there today, planning on a number of hikes.
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I’m off to bikepack in Chile
Arriving Santiago January 11th, 2019. I’m planning up to a month on the Carretera Austral. Hiking a number of new National Parks and trails along the route.
This will be my 3rd trip to Patagonia over the past 4 seasons.
The Carretera Austral runs about 1,240 kilometers (770 mi) from Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins through (sparsely populated) rural Patagonia. …
This area is characterized by thick forests, fjords, glaciers, canals and steep mountains. …
Click PLAY or get a glimpse on YouTube. It starts with the WORST section.
interview with Rick McCharles of BestHike.com
That’s me. 🙂
Rick McCharles
Read the interview on Reviews Outdoors:
Rick McCharles of BestHike.com Tells Us about His Next Big Adventure
Canada’s 24,000 km Great Trail is complete
The longest network of recreational trails in the entire world. …
It is exclusively designated for recreational purposes and only allows bikes, hikers and horseback riders in the summer and in the winter it is used for cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. …
This evolved out of the Trans Canada Trail. It’s been rebranded the Great Trail.
Nobody has done the entire thing. Yet.
“Route of Parks” in Chile – #FakeNews
Lonely Planet got it wrong. Vogue got it wrong. Other sites, as well.
The new marketing campaign by the Chilean government called “Route of Parks” is not a hiking trail. It’s a series of roads with occasional trails. And other outdoor adventure options along the way.
I’m hoping to bikepack part in 2019.
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Rough Guides got it right.
It’s a work in progress. Ultimately MIGHT be 1,500 miles long.
It’s one of the great conservation stories of all time: Last month Chile President Michelle Bachelet and American philanthropist and conservationist Kristine McDivitt Tompkins pledged to expand Chile’s national park system by just over 10 million acres—an area larger than Switzerland. …
If you are looking for a long thru hike in Patagonia, check the Greater Patagonian Trail route. It does not connect in any way with the Route of Parks because that’s a road. 😀
Thanks Jan Dudeck for the heads-up on this.
Great Redwood Trail CA proposal
I’d fly to California to bike / hike this rails to trail.
It’s been proposed by California Sen. McGuire – SB 1029, The Great Redwood Trail Act.
details at GreatRedWoodtrail.org
related – The Great Redwood Trail would be great for North Coast
The new trail will bring economic benefits to the North Coast, where rural towns need such growth. Outdoor recreation already brings in more than $92 billion a year to California, nearly 700,000 jobs with more than $30 billion in wages and more $6 billion in local and state tax revenues.
