Jenny Tough inspires us to visit more wild places in 2021.
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Winn and her husband Moth, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness, became homeless after a bad investment and decided to walk the 630-mile (1,010 km) South West Coast Path. …
In September 2019 it was the number one bestselling book in UK independent bookstores.
An excellent read.
The couple had not hiked for decades. Pretty much everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.
And they survived on an income of about £40 a week.
related – Couple walked 630 miles and lived in a tent after bad investment left them homeless
PCT – This is not a beautiful hiking video
Peter Hochhauser put together a wonderful video of his 2016 PCT Trail.
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Croatian Long Distance Trail
The Croatian Long Distance Trail (CLDT) was pretty much invented by Nikola (Tesla) Horvat.
Croatia shares a maritime border with Italy. The capital city is Zagreb.
As I post the trail is not recommended due to COVID-19 restrictions. Hopefully it will be possible again starting 2021.
- approximately 2200 km (1400 mi)
- mountain trails, wild trails, hard rock, forest roads, fields, gravel roads and sometimes asphalt roads
- mountain huts, hotel, hostel, private accommodation, official campsite
- many settlements so resupply should not pose a problem
As very few have hiked it yet, you’ll be pleased to hear there is a Guthook Guide. There are some blazes and emblems, as well..
Details on the official website
Why (Do I Hike)
Nikola (Tesla) Horvat hiked the Colorado Trail in 2019 putting together this award winning video
Very philosophical. Nature, Time, Community, Mental Health and Final Chapter.
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Nikola Horvat is a successful PCT and Colorado Trail thru-hiker, author, filmmaker, and founder of the Croatian Long Distance Trail.
He pioneered the CLDT upon returning to Croatia from the PCT in 2016.
He mapped the route himself, authored a guidebook, and founded the Croatian Long Distance Trail Association, of which he is the president.
Two others have thru-hiked the CLDT after him—no foreigners yet, though Second Chance Hiker is on-trail at the moment.
The Trek
Barney (Scout) Mann’s Pacific Crest Trail book
In Journeys North, legendary trail angel, thru hiker, and former PCTA board chair Scout spins compelling tales of hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada.
That year terrible snow storms rocked the Canadian border starting the last days in September.
Barney (Scout) Mann hiked with wife Sandy (Frodo) Mann, and recounts fascinating stories of others they traveled alongside that season.
For me, Blazer was the most interesting.
The book is unusual. Not your standard step-by-step trail journal.
Instead the time line jumps forward and back along the trail, using PCT anecdotes to illustrate bigger life lessons.
If asked to recommend just one book on the PCT, Journeys North would be it. The best starting point for a hiker considering it.
Other excellent and inspiring reads include:
Barney Scout Mann has hiked the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails. He has been board chair of the Pacific Crest Trail Association and is president of the Partnership for the National Trails System. Mann has been recognized with a Lowell Thomas Journalism Award and is the coauthor of The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail and author of The Continental Divide Trail: Exploring America’s Ridgeline Trail. He and his wife, Sandy, live in San Diego and have hosted more than 7,000 PCT hikers. Visit him online at BarneyScoutMann.com.
The American Perimeter Trail
Planned is a a 12,000-mile loop of existing trails, roads, and off-trail travel.
Something like this.
Rue McKenrick, a triple crown veteran, walked away from his home in Bend. And is inventing the route as he goes along.
When COVID-19 hit, Rue kept hiking — but
“no longer resupplied in towns, relying on a 7 day resupply box which was sent to remote post offices. I utilized lesser known trails and continued up the east coast on the avoiding the popular, but closed Appalachian trail. …”
It’s a work in progress.
Click through for details:
americanperimetertrailproject.weebly.com
I learned of this project via the Out and Back podcast interview – episode 10 – Rue McKenrick and the American Perimeter Trail
786km, 32 days hiking Iceland
Iðunn Bragadóttir and her 20-year-old daughter, Þóra Dagný Stefánsdóttir, have spent 32 days traversing Iceland. The duo started on the Reykjanes peninsula and hiked diagonally, southwest to northeast, across the country to Langanes Point.
The 786km route is one of the longest possible ways to traverse Iceland. …
Mother and Daughter Hike Across Iceland
(via Adventure Blog)
18,000 miles walking … and counting
Tom Turcich of New Jersey has walked over 18,000 miles, most of those with his dog Savannah.
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(via Adventure Blog)
150 days thruhiking New Zealand
Gerben van der Zwaard and his partner completed the Te Araroa trail just in time before lockdown.
An inspiring recap of their 5 month adventure.
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related – official website
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