Category: long hikes

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95 days hiking Leh to Everest Base Camp

Congratulations Laurent Berthod.

This is one of the most impressive hiking adventures in history.

Laurent Berthod spent 95 days hiking from Leh in India to Everest Base Camp in Nepal. The Canadian set out in October 2023. By January 2024, he had walked 2,600km, climbed 115,000m of elevation, and crossed 75 mountain passes. …

The first big challenge was planning his route. He linked existing trails from the Open Street Map database and newer trails found with the help of locals and survey maps in India. Experienced Himalaya ultrarunner Peter Van Geit helped Berthod to plan sections of his route. …

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Adventure Racing World Championship 2025

The extremely harsh World Championships of Adventure Racing will be hosted by Canada in British Columbia. Host city Penticton.

Adventure Racing World Series Announces Canada as the 2025 World Championship Destination

I’d love to be involved somehow as a volunteer. Perhaps roving VIDEO crew.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Here’s a good documentary of the 2023 Worlds in South Africa.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (41min)

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Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland

I’m considering doing some hiking in Scotland, September 2024.

… But where to go?

Cape Wrath Trail is approximately 200 miles (321 km) in length and is considered to be one of the most challenging long distance walks in the UK. …

The trail begins in Fort William and ends at Cape Wrath lighthouse on the northwest tip of the Scottish mainland. …

Officially the trail is not endorsed by Scottish Natural Heritage and it is not waymarked or signposted.

Facilities along the trail are also minimal and it covers some of the remotest parts of mainland Britain. …

I’d do some section(s) of the Cape Wrath, if I can nail the logistics down.

Ideally it would be late in the season — after the midges have begun to disappear.

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TOP 10 hikes ➙ Chamonix to Zermatt, Alps

The Haute Route, from France to Switzerland, is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.

Click PLAY or watch a 1 minute introduction on YouTube.

Haute Route

Chamonix to Zermatt, Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn – in two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps!

AT A GLANCE

  • also known as the Walker’s High Route
  • Alpine charm: valleys, lakes, glaciers
  • great food, history, culture
  • from Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Europe (4810m, 15,781ft)
  • to the Matterhorn, the most beautiful peak in the alps
  • 9-15 days
  • 180+kms (112mi)
  • best months June-Sept
  • crosses 11 passes, gains more than 12,000m elevation
  • difficult hiking
Ibex-horns

Read more on our Haute Route information page.

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documentary – 500 Days in the Wild

Dianne Whelan is the only person to complete The Great Trail (Trans Canada Trail), a network of greenways, trails, waterways, and roads that stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic oceans.

It extends over 24,000 km (15,000 mi); it is now the longest recreational, multi-use trail network in the world

Hiking, biking, paddling, snowshoeing and skiing.

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Canada’s Great Divide Trail – documentary

The Great Divide Trail in the Canadian Rockies … closely follows the Great Divide between Alberta and British Columbia …

… southern terminus is in Waterton Lakes National Park at the Canada–US border (where it connects with the Continental Divide Trail) and its northern terminus is at Kakwa Lake in Kakwa Provincial Park, north of Jasper National Park. …

In 2017, Kodak & Cinnamon hiked 1100km south to north.

Out There: The Great Divide Trail is FREE on YouTube.

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Getting permits is difficult.

Start on this page ➙ Great Divide Trail Association – Trip -Planning Resources