Walking Womad – 1000 miles, 2 months
UNBOUNDED: Patagonia Documentary
Jan Dudeck has been exploring and documenting routes he calls the Greater Patagonian Trail.
Garrett Martin:
‘Unbounded’ is an adventure-travel documentary following an unaided crew of four hailing from different corners of the globe as they hike and pack-raft roughly 1,500 km through the Patagonia region of South America.
The expedition will take place from mid-December to mid-April, documenting the extreme and unique conditions in Patagonia and the surrounding area.
The crew will base their trip along the “Greater Patagonian Trail” and make they’re way to Patagonia National Park. The film will focus on discovering the indescribable factors of Patagonia, learning the history and culture of the people living in the area, and bringing to light the incredible beauty of the region – all in an effort to help raise awareness of the need to preserve this untamed, but delicate area.
A significant portion of the film’s proceeds will go towards Conservacion Patagonica to help protect and maintain this incredibly vast and beautiful landscape.
details on kickstarter
related – Reese Wells and Tyler Nachand are headed out on the GPT starting this November, as well.
5 weeks hiking, paddling Greenland solo
Willem Vandoorne has done a number of the world’s most difficult long hikes. He’s just back from Greenland.
… which was without any doubt the most beautiful I have ever made and which has impressed and touched me deeply. The feeling which I had during those weeks in the wilderness is hard to explain. As I struggled through boulderfields and moraine, watched the sun set from mountain with views unknown to human gaze, and slalommed along countless muskoxen, I no longer felt like a spectator of any kind in this vast wilderness, but was an integral part of it, obeying to the same rules and laws of nature as any animal out there.
My trip was blessed with sensational weather conditions – during the first 4 weeks of the trip I had only a few overcast days with some rain and a few mornings with sea fog – all the rest was just blue skies and warm temperatures. I hiked over 80% of the distance in t-shirt …
Rocky Mountain Crown Traverse
Yeesh. North Face ultra-runners Mike Foote and Mike Wolfe.
Canada’s Great Divide Trail
The Great Divide Trail (GDT), is a wilderness hiking trail in the Canadian Rockies. The trail closely follows the Great Divide between Alberta and British Columbia, crossing the divide no fewer than 30 times.
It begins in Waterton Lakes National Park at the Canada-US border (where it connects with the Continental Divide Trail) and ends in Kakwa Provincial Park north of Jasper National Park. The Great Divide Trail is 1,200 km long …
Fewer than 20 people a year thru hike the GDT. If you might be interested, try to get a copy of the only guidebook.
Work your way through the official website – GreatDivideTrail.com. Especially the FAQs.
Check Erin ‘Wired’ Saver’s 2015 trip report.
does the Pacific Crest Trail change you?
Andy Davidhazy took a photo of himself and the trail at every single mile over 2660 miles in 5 months.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
360 mile Bigfoot Trail, California
The Bigfoot Trail … begins in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness and ends in Redwood National Park at the Pacific Ocean near Crescent City, California. …
Northwest California’s Klamath Mountains foster one of the most diverse temperate coniferous forests on Earth and this route is a celebration of that biodiversity. …
Due to the strenuous nature of the trail and the fact that some section have been un-maintained for many years it is not a trail that can be hiked quickly. Experience using map and compass as well as the ability to read the landscape are necessary for a successful thru-hike. The Bigfoot Trail was originally proposed by Michael Kauffmann in 2009 …
Get the map from the official website.
Sage Clegg hiked it in 2014.
Anglesey Coastal Path, Wales
The Anglesey Coastal Path is a 200-kilometre (124 mi) long-distance footpath around the island of Anglesey in North Wales. The route is part of the Wales Coast Path. …
Or check the official map.
related – annual Walking Festival and Walkathon
toughest hike of the year?
Southwest Tasmania Traverse
Cam Honan:
Between February 27 and March 22 of this year, I completed a traverse of the southwestern region of the state. One of the wildest, most pristine backcountry areas on the planet, it was a hike I had dreamed of doing for almost two decades. …
200 miles (322 km) approx. …
Time: 24 days
Daily Average: 8 miles (13 km) approx. This included one rest/resupply day. Hiking, scrambling, bushwhacking, climbing, paddling, crawling, swimming, rock hopping…………yep……..the terrain really was that challenging …
Southwestern Horseshoe USA 2012
Cam Honan:
The Southwestern Horseshoe (SWH) is an approximately 1800 mile (2896 km) backcountry route from Arches National Park to Albuquerque.
… of all the thru-hikes I have done in the US, the Southwestern Horseshoe (SWH) was perhaps the one I was looking forward to the most. The Colorado Plateau in particular, with its hoodoos, rock monoliths, natural bridges and slot canyons, had long been on my backcountry radar, ever since reading the works of Colin Fletcher and Edward Abbey as a young man growing up in Australia. …
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