I’m following an epic story on YouTube – an attempt on the Great Himalaya Trail by ultrarunners Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel.
It’s harsh.
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Walking the Himalayas by Lev Wood
I was disappointed in this book.
Others disagree. It’s got fairly good ratings on GoodReads.
I learned very little about the Himalayas. Indeed most of the book has him nowhere near the mountains. He’s road walking in the lowlands.
I assume Lev’s boring route had to do with logistics for the film crew following along.
Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel ran much higher trails by comparison.
The book is poorly written too.
He got travel advice from the Dalai Lama. That bit I enjoyed.
And the tale of their vehicle crash was horrific. One of the real dangers of the Himalaya is motor vehicle accident.
related – TV series – Walking the Himalayas
The Adventure Blog has moved
Our favourite site covering adventure worldwide — including hiking — has moved to a new URL:
AdventureBlog.net
The new theme looks great too. Follow them on the site, Facebook or Twitter.
related – The Adventure Podcast
West Coast Trail reservations open Jan 7th
It’s difficult to get a reservation for our #1 hike in the world.
Be on the phone at 8am Pacific Standard Time to book for summer 2019.
TRAIL ETIQUETTE 101
Huemul Circuit, Patagonia
My New Year’s Resolution is to hike the Huemul in 2019.
A loop hike around Cerro Huemul in Patagonia, near Cerro Fitz Roy, Los Glaciares National Park.
Usual itinerary:
Day 1 = El Chalten to Laguna Toro, 15km, 4 hours
Day 2 = Laguna Toro to Paso Viento Refuge, 12km, 5 hours
Day 3 = Refuge to Lago Viedme, 18km, 5 hours
Day 4 = Lago Viedma to Bahia Tunel, 18km, 4 hours.Plus another 8km (1.5 hours) to El Chalten
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when the earth moves …
The ground in this Quebec forest looks like it’s breathing.
This happens when the root system of the surrounding trees hold each other together while the wind whips the tops back and forth …
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hiking Brecon Beacons, Wales
Pacific Crest Trail stats
Mac posted his 6th annual Pacific Crest Trail (2018) Thru-hiker Survey, a terrific resource. It’s interesting to see what gear successful hikers carried and liked best.
He interviewed 496 PCT hikers:
- Average age 34. 65% began hiking alone
- 81% said they’d consider hiking the PCT again
- On average, thru hikers spent $6,274
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Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Montana
Ryan Jordan:
As part of the Backpacking Light Wilderness Adventures program, Trek Director Kevin Fletcher and I led a guided trip across the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Montana in September 2018.
This program, dubbed the “Whitetail Trek”, was a new program for us where we gave the group a start and end point and let them plan their own trek across the range. …
WILDERNESS ADVENTURES 2018 WHITETAIL TREK (PHOTO ESSAY)
That was 2018. But a similar off trail route is planned for 2019.
September 21-28, 2019 – WHITETAIL ITINERARY ($1897) – Level 3+ – A longer-duration program (8-day program) spanning a longer traverse of the Beartooth Plateau, with significant off-trail travel.
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