Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Hank and Brian Leukart pick their favourites including:
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Paul Magnanti has hiked the Triple Crown (AT, PCT, CDT).
Here are his favourite outdoor adventures of the past 10 years:
2011 – High and Lonesome Loop, Indian Peaks Wildnerness
2014 – Hovenweep National Monument
2015 – Wild Rivers Recreation Area
2017 – Walking Across Southern Utah
2019 – Northern New Mexico Loop
There’s nobody I link to more than Cam Honan of TheHikingLIfe.com.
So far as I know, he’s the most travelled hiker in the world.
Cam “Swami” Honan:
Over the past ten years my journeys taken me from the snow-capped peaks of Peru to the Aurora Borealis of Arctic Norway, and from the pristine wilderness of Southwest Tasmania to the longest journey of my hiking life, an 18 month, 14,342 mile (23,081 km) peregrination through the backcountry of North America.
… Without further ado, here are some of my hiking highlights from 2010 to 2019 (in no particular order):
1. Southwest Tasmania Traverse (Australia, 2016)
2. Cordillera Blanca Traverse (Peru, 2014)
3. Copper Canyon Traverse (Mexico, 2013)
4. Long Crossing of the Lofoten Islands (Norway, 2018)
5. Sangre de Cristo Traverse (USA, 2016)
6. Cocuy Circuit (Colombia, 2015)
7. Altiplano Traverse (Bolivia, 2017)
8. Badlands Traverse (USA, 2016)
9. Cordillera Real Traverse (Bolivia, 2017)
10. 12 Long Walks (USA & Canada, 2011/12)
Here are some of my other favourite rambles from the past decade:
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Since 2013 I’ve been recommending hikers boycott Pakistan after terrorists killed 11 at Nanga Parbat Base Camp.
The U.S. State Department advises against travel due to terrorism.
On the other hand, I’m inspired by Eva zu Beck, a Polish travel vlogger, who spent many months there. She thinks it could be the next Nepal for trekkers.
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I’m talking to the Epic about their trips in 2020.
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Legend is one of 17.3 million adults in the United States who have experienced a depressive episode. He hikes to get into a positive frame of mind.
He’s only the second hiker (after Skurka) to complete the Great Western Loop, a 7,000-mile route that covers portions of the Pacific Crest, Pacific Northwest, Continental Divide, Grand Enchantment, and Arizona Trails. It took him 208 days and 15 hours.
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On my recent trip to Nepal I really enjoyed the FREE PeakFinder app.
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ViewRanger Skyline is similar.
Seth Orme and Paul Twedt hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2015 with their friend Joe, picking up 1,100lbs of rubbish on their four-and-a-half-month journey and recycling items whenever they could.
This year, as part of their mission, which they call “Packing It Out”, the pair spent five months clearing the Pacific Crest Trail from the border with Mexico up to British Columbia in Canada. …
After half a decade of legislative holdups, New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument has officially been designated a national park. …
The new designation will … have positive impacts on the surrounding community: a 2018 study found that turning monuments to national parks could increase visitation by 21 percent (about 100,000 more visitors) in the first five years and result in a $7.5 million increase in the local economy, mainly due to increased visibility. …
related – hiking White Sands National Monument (2017)
I’m considering hiking the Indian Himalaya starting sometime July 2020.
Here are a few of the treks I’m considering.
Popular guided hikes out of Manali include:
Beas Kund (2-3 days)
Pin Parvati Pass (8 – 11 days) – DANGEROUS
Hamta Pass to Lahaul (5 days)
Ideally I’d like to hike there independently. But I might want to start with one guided hike.
Leave a reply if you have advice for me. Thanks.
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