Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Mac from Halfway Anywhere traveling the length of the Continental Divide Trail from the US/Mexico border to the US/Canada border across 3,100 mi / 5,000 km or trail through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. One second / day.
… On 16 December 2020, Maxwell’s pilgrimage ended right where it started: at the house of her best friend Elyse back in Bend. Just as she had answered the call to begin her journey, she knew the time was right to end it. …
The woman who walked around the world
We’re seeking intrepid, experienced hikers to be the first thru-hikers on the new 1,800km Transcaucasian Trail. Will you be one of them?
For the past 6 years, we’ve been stitching together routes, building trails, and putting new destinations on the map (literally) across the Caucasus. …
The route weaves between high alpine passes, red desert canyons, bucolic meadows, volcanic plateaus, and more– all while traveling through one of the most culturally and biologically diverse regions on the planet.
Now, we’re inviting the first cohort of intrepid hikers to hike the Transcaucasian Trail through Armenia and Georgia in summer 2022. …
transcaucasiantrail.org
We’ve added the IAT Ulster-Ireland to our list of the best hikes in Europe.
Traversing lush coastlines, rugged mountains, and everything in between, the Ulster-Ireland section of the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) takes hikers on a tour through some of the most stunning landscapes in the country.
The section’s governing body was established in 2011, and since then the organization has worked towards constructing this 279-mile trail, which runs from west Donegal in the Republic of Ireland to Larne, Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland. …
The Trek
Official website – IATUlsterIreland.com
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Dianne Whelan is making a film about her solo adventures on the non-motorized Great Trail (the Trans Canada Trail).
From pushing 150-pounds of bike and packs over rocks, to hiking through flooded bogs, paddling the largest lake in the world, snowshoeing through dense coniferous forests, skiing across wind-blown plains, the trail beckons.
Dianne travels the ‘Old Way’, the slow way of the turtle,seeking wisdom from those that live close to the land, asking the questions “what have we forgotten?”
“What do we need to know?”
500daysinthewild.com
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related – Is it called the Trans Canada Trail … OR Great Trail?
Eric Hanson is the man behind BackpackingTV.
In this video he details his personal favourite 7 multi-day hikes anywhere.
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Everyone loves PEI, one of the Canadian Maritime provinces.
Population only about 165,000.
Nora, Marian, Danny, and Bryson were first to do the NEW Island Walk as a thru hike.
A detailed guidebook is available:
Digital: Etsy
Paperback: The Bookmark
I’ve cycled a lot of PEI myself. As it’s quite flat, I’m predicting cycling the Island Walk will be even more popular. Alasdair Veitch cycled it.
Details on theIslandWalk.ca
The John Muir Trail in California is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.
If southbound — the most popular direction — watch Drew Robinson’s succinct trip report.
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If northbound, I’d recommend Tim Seymour’s detailed video.
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A survey of more than 700 John Muir Trail thru-hikers gave researchers insight into what makes a hiker more likely to get injured or ill while backpacking. …
First off, the (2018) study didn’t find sex to be a determinant of getting hurt or sick on the trail.
Here are the factors correlating with injury:
Surprisingly, older hikers reported fewer adverse events on the JMT.
… Often abbreviated as BMI, body mass index is a measure of the size of the human body, calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms dividing by the square of their height in meters. …
The study’s authors found that base pack weight correlated with an increased risk of illness and injury; the heavier the pack, the greater the likelihood of morbidity.
This Study Predicts Who Is Most Likely to Get Hurt in the Wilderness
I hiked the John Muir Trail myself in 2021 at age-63. And found myself ‘healthiest’ on finishing after 19 days. I got in ‘shape’ by hiking.
When they finished off the PCT at the end of October, Potter and Parell became the 11th and 12th finishers of the Calendar-Year Triple Crown, and at just 21 years old, the youngest to boot. …
Potter and Parell finished all three in a little over 10 months. …
… Potter was a thru-hiking novice before 2021. Parell had only the relatively modest El Camino de Santiago under his belt. …
Twenty-four pairs of shoes and one cavity …
ExplorersWeb
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