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The Skåneleden Trail is a long distance footpath through the beautiful countryside of Skåne. The Trail is over 1000 kilometres long and is divided into five separate trails, with total of 89 sections. …
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Röstånga – Åstorp
Fantastic trip that goes through one of Skåne’s most beautiful national parks called Söderåsen ( known as Skåne’s Grand Canyon ). A lengthy hike but not too hard if you are in OK shape. About 45 kilometers. …
In the summer of 2013 Casey Gannon and Colin Arisman thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail with cameras in hand.
“Only The Essential” is the story of their 5 month, 2668 mile journey on foot from Mexico to Canada across the wilderness of California, Oregon, and Washington.
The full length film will be available to stream for free online, as well as premiering around the country and being submitted to film festivals. Prior to the hike we successfully ran a Kickstarter fundraiser, and we are deeply grateful for the independent financial support of those who backed our project. The film is a non-commercial project and has been a labor of love for us. We are honored that Only The Essential has received the support of the Pacific Crest Trail Association. Only the Essential will premier at Pacific Crest Trail Days, fall 2014.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
The Journey Continues
In 1999, Steve Fugate lost his son to suicide. A few years later, he lost his daughter to a drug overdose.
At sixty-four years old, he has walked across the United States seven times to raise awareness for depression and suicide and to inspire people he meets to “love life.” After fourteen years and 34,000 miles of walking, Steve continues his quest to heal his heart and the hearts of those in need one step at a time. …
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The Grand Enchantment Trail is a 730-mile wilderness trekking route across the Southwest U.S., connecting mountains, deserts, canyons, and places of cultural and historic interest.
Beginning in the Sonoran desert near Phoenix Arizona, the route meanders eastward, crossing unique and diverse Sky Island mountain ranges, deep and water-blessed desert canyons, the pine-studded Continental Divide, and toward the southernmost Rocky Mountains, where it descends dramatically to the outskirts of Albuquerque New Mexico.
… About 400 miles of the G.E.T. is hiking trail at this time – nearly 60% of the route. The majority of these miles are part of the US Forest Service’s trail system, and vary in condition from well-maintained and obvious to relict and vague …
Longest continuous distance without a paved road crossing: 219 miles …
Mary Moynihan flies Dec. 30th.
… The 29-year-old Moynihan … plans to solo hike the length of New Zealand (both islands) from north to south this coming January through April along the 1,850-mile Te Araroa Trail.
Moynihan, a fresh-faced brunette, talks with a fiery enthusiasm about her upcoming journey. Enthusiasm is perhaps the most crucial trait for a “thru-hiker” — those who complete long-distance trails end to end in one continuous trip.
Without a positive attitude, how could somebody spend months in the wilderness, plodding along for 20 to 30 miles per day, enduring inclement weather and scarce food and water?
Trekking mostly alone, Moynihan completed hiking’s North American triple crown — the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail — when she thru-hiked the CDT in 2011. …
official website – Te Araroa Trail
(via Kolby Kirk)
by site editor Rick McCharles
In a rush to get clear of the Manaslu Circuit, we opted for a long, easy day from Bimtang 3720mto Dharapai 1850m.
I bought “cooked water”. Made my own instant coffee for the morning.
Departing Bimtang, the ground water was frozen. This is still high altitude.
Plunging into a forested section truly meant we were coming down.
No longer fired by adrenaline, our minor aches and illnesses seemed to become more acute.
My stomach was bad. Betsy’s was worse.
Soon, however, we were sweating as we hadn’t done in days.
We stopped for lunch at a lovely new place.
Turned out service was slow. Food lousy.
Motivation was low too. As we plodded downhill.
I had about as much enthusiasm as the mules we traipsed behind.
Seems to me there will be no road built any time soon on this side of the Manaslu Circuit. It’s a very rugged canyon.
After 7hrs of walking we rolled into Dharapani on the Annapurna Circuit.
We all enjoyed a hot shower. One last dinner together. …
… But early next morning it was time to say goodbye.
Tasha and Ivan were headed for the Everest Base Camp trek.
Brion and Betsy planned to get a very nice room and luxuriate in the last couple of days of their honeymoon.
Everyone rushed away. Except me.
I stayed to continue the trek solo, ascending on the Annapurna Circuit. 🙂
see high resolution photos from this day on flickr
Interested to trek the Manaslu Circuit yourself one day? The best starting point is our Manaslu information page.
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If I could do ANY thru hike in the world, it would be this one.
… one continuous trek. The 152 day trek commences in the far east in the Kanchenjunga region where the world’s third highest peak stretches skyward, and traverses the country to the high plateaus on the Tibetan borderlands in the far west.
Along this 1700km trail you’ll encounter some of the wildest and most remote mountain environments imaginable. You’ll see all of Nepal’s 8000 metre peaks, cross tens of passes ranging from moderate to extreme and witness villages where the culture has remained intact for centuries.
It’s a trek that should only be considered by those with extensive trekking and mountaineering experience, a high level of fitness and a flexible approach as there will be the need to adapt to a range of situations throughout the trek. …
Cost is about $35,000 / person, I’ve heard.
UPDATE:
Another agency — Adventure Geo Treks Deutschland — is offering the adventure over 167 days for about 16,000 euro or $23,000. Danke Dieter.
Alastair Humphreys:
Wilfred Thesiger was one of my heroes. It was his books who inspired me to join (very briefly!) his old Boxing Club at university. They encouraged me to think ambitiously but simply about making big journeys. And when he died (I was cycling through South America at the time), I felt sad that I never had the opportunity to meet him.
Thesiger pushed himself hard to test himself. He lived ascetically, and scorned modern convenience, speed and luxury. The harder the life, he believed, the finer the person. His prose is simple and measured, thoughtful and honest. His photography was superb, particularly when you consider that he took fewer photographs in an entire expedition than I do on a single day. Thesiger “had the man’s courage to live out the boy’s dream.” And ever since I read Arabian Sands, I have dreamed of one day making a journey in Thesiger’s footsteps.
So Leon McCarron and I walked 1000 miles across the Arabian Peninsula, inspired by the spirit of Thesiger’s own expeditions in the Rub ‘al Khali desert, the Empty Quarter.
“Into The Empty Quarter” will tell the story of our journey.
Release date: Autumn 2013.
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My friends Greg and Helen Kolodziejzyk just completed the Tour du Mont Blanc. And had a fantastic time. 🙂
Check our TMB information page.
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