top 10 hikes – Göreme, Cappadocia

For the next 10 days we’ll be rolling out our top 10 day hikes around the world.

Unique walks. Days you’ll remember for the rest of your life.

For example, exploring the “fairy chimney” rock formations of Cappadocia, Turkey. Göreme makes an ideal base.

Why We Like This Hike

Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia are World Heritage sites
start on the Rose Valley trail (5km), perhaps the best section of all

Love Valley is … interesting

stop at impressive Uchisar Castle. There’s a small entry fee.

to finish it’s downhill back to Göreme. A nice but often crowded trail.

Click over to our Göreme information page for details.

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019

hike Virgin Narrows, Zion

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

September 6, 2019September 3, 2019

Enchantment’s Traverse, Washington State

I hiked the Traverse in 2011.

Getting a permit is the first challenge

Click PLAY or watch some of my highlights on YouTube.

backpackers-review posted a MUCH better trip report than my own.

about 18 miles one-way
peak elevation of 7,860 feet
mosquitoes can be a problem until late Autumn

THE ENCHANTMENTS TRAVERSE – ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS

September 4, 2019September 3, 2019

New Zealand’s Te Araroa track – new book

Laura Waters spent 6 months on the trail. Her hiking partner quit on the first day.

Bewildered

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019

Testing water filters for hikers

Misleading and unsubstantiated claims are a problem in the increasingly confusing assortment of options for filtering water.

Here’s the most comprehensive evaluation I’ve ever seen. See how your product rates.

Survival & Backpacking Water Filter Tests

LifeStraw Mission and MUV Survivalist look to be the units that best suit my needs. They are both about 350 grams.

August 30, 2019August 26, 2019

NEW – Red Sea Mountain Trail, Egypt

You can day hike here independently. But the multi-day trip must be guided.

Located west of the beach resort town of Hurghada, the Red Sea Mountain Trail is created from a network of ancient routes used by local Bedouin tribes over the years. Owned and operated by the Khushmaan clan of the Maaza, Egypt’s largest Bedouin tribe, the trail aims to bring travelers away from Egypt’s main tourist path and to the clan’s traditional territory. The trail benefits the Bedouin community by creating jobs and helping preserve the culture.

“We want the Red Sea Mountain Trail to diversify Hurghada’s tourism and create a space for slow, immersive travel in which the Bedouin can . . . communicate their rich knowledge of their homeland to outsiders,” …

Egypt Opens 105-Mile Hiking Trail in the Red Sea Mountains

Cost is about $80 / day and up.

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019

PCT documentary – “Elevation Change” with Sam Fox

Sam Fox sets out to break a trail running speed record on the Pacific Crest Trail, and to raise money in honour of his mother’s Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis.

It doesn’t take long before Sam realizes he’s in way over his head.

Scott Williamson, already 17 days ahead of Sam on the trail, is also attempting a new record, but for very different reasons.

The full documentary will be available VOD on October 1st.

Click PLAY or watch the trailer on Vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/355390794

August 27, 2019August 26, 2019

The Incline – Manitou Springs, Colorado

Here’s a challenge for hikers and trail runners.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

(via Adventure Blog)

August 26, 2019August 19, 2019

GirlsWhoHike.net

This organization is blowing up.

70,000 members and growing rapidly. And it’s free to join.

Established in December 2015, Girls Who Hike is a nationally recognized hiking organization based in the United States. …

We have 57 chapters throughout the nation with additional chapters on the radar for 2018. Our closed communities are reserved for individuals who identify as female.

about

Check out their Facebook page.