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Emma and Trevor — from New Zealand & Australia — conceived ProjectBase8000.
Great idea!
The objective is to be the first non-mountaineering trekkers to hike to all the base camps of the world’s 14 highest mountains by 2020.
They are all over 8,000m, located in the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges – Nepal, Pakistan and Tibet, China.
They want to help raise funds & awareness for the Australian Himalayan Foundation.
One of our top 10 hiking regions of the world.
The Dolomites are a mountain range located in north-eastern Italy. A tourist mecca, the Dolomites are famous for skiing in the winter months, mountain climbing, hiking and climbing in the summer.
AT A GLANCE
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by BestHike editor Rick McCharles
Reality Check – You can’t thru hike the Route of Parks in Chile. Matador and many other normally responsible sites are wrong about this.
For 3 of the past 4 years I’ve been in Patagonia in January. It’s paradise for the outdoor enthusiast.
Much of the international press coverage in recent years promotes the Ruta de los Parques de la Patagonia (Route of Parks),
A chain of 17 National Parks. Fantastic.
Many are connected by the Carretera Austral highway , ideal for cycling. Not great for walking.
Some Parks are quite inaccessible.
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If you are looking for a long thru hike in Patagonia, check the Greater Patagonian Trail route.
It does not connect in any way with the Route of Parks because that’s a road. 😀
Trailheads put together a detailed 1-page summary of everything you need to know to start organizing a hike on the legendary thru hike.
No matter what your opinion on CO2 levels higher than they been for at least the past three million years, you can support planting more trees.
Trees are good in MANY ways, including pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere.
Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, some guy who got popular on YouTube, started a campaign that raised enough money for more than 20 million trees to be planted across the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Haiti, Indonesia, Ireland, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nepal, and the United Kingdom.
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Secondly, we should STOP subsidizing fossil fuel industries. One study calculated $5 trillion / year in subsidy worldwide.
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Greta Thunberg has inspired millions of students to become environmental activists for climate change.
I love to see how some previously unknown teenager scares so many of the rich and powerful worldwide.
She’s the youngest individual Time Person of the Year.
Thunberg was also nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.
… the Trump administration has filled the parks department with anti-public land sycophants …
… The change began within 24 hours of the inauguration when Donald Trump complained that the NPS was reporting smaller crowds on the National Mall than Obama had drawn. Perhaps this is when the NPS wound up on the list of transgressors. Soon the interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, attempted to double the entrance fees, rescinded climate policies and moved seasoned senior national park superintendents around to force their retirements. …
… if you want to drill, mine and exploit the public estate for the benefit of the industry, the last thing you want is a popular and respected agency’s voice raising alarms on behalf of conservation and historic preservation. …
It is clear that this administration cannot be trusted with the keys to the vault of our most precious places that define us as a nation, such as Mount Rushmore or Yosemite national park. …
When this nightmare ends, and we begin to rebuild, we suggest it is time for Congress to consider making the National Park Service an independent institution, more akin to the Smithsonian, and no longer subject to the vicissitudes of a hostile political agenda
The world’s most travelled hiker, Cam Honan, has 3 coffee table books in the series.
Ideal inspiration for future hikes, click through to check them out:
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Over the years I hadn’t found a favourite hiking sock.
Halfway Anywhere loves Darn Tough getting about 700 miles out of each pair.
I finally bought a pair online and wore them 5 days in a row in fairly dry alpine conditions hiking near Whistler B.C.
They’re my new hiking sock. Felt great. Held up very well. And only smelled a bit after 5 days.
I got two new pair for Christmas 2019.
related – Halfway Anywhere review
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
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