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As exciting as that looks, first take a reality check – click over to the Across Iceland Journal Day 5.
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Expedition Alaska – Adventure Race
Comprised of the world’s best endurance athletes, 20 teams race through pristine wilderness using a map and compass for over 350 miles. This series features stunning scenery of racers ocean kayaking, whitewater rafting, glacier trekking, rock climbing and mountain biking across the beautiful terrain of this remote setting.
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El Faro Lighthouse in Mazatlán, Mexico
2016/2017 Banff Mountain Film Festival
A portable wind turbine that recharges your phone on the trail
Three pounds is too heavy, for sure. No doubt the weight will be reduced over time.
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climbing Mt. Bisoke, Rwanda
In my experience there are few places with less horizontal ground than Rwanda, which truly earns its nickname of “Le Pays de Milles Collines” (the land of a thousand hills). The third-highest of those approximately thousand hills, at 3,711 meters (12,175 feet), is known alternatively as Mt. Visoke or Mt. Bisoke, and is the subject of this trip report. …
My experience in Rwanda was that a guide was always required. For everything. Car safaris, gorilla trekking, even short 2 mile hikes to see some waterfalls in the rainforest. While this goes very much against the independent, take-care-of-yourself-in-the woods attitude of myself and, I would imagine, the majority of the users of this site, there’s really not a lot you can do about it. Embrace it – even if a guide is completely unnecessary, they will certainly have more knowledge about the local plants, animals, and people than you can possibly hope to retain. So ask lots of questions, tip well, and enjoy. …
Summit Post – Hiking in the Virungas – Mt. Bisoke
related – A journalist’s gruelling hike to the summit of mighty Mount Bisoke (2015)
Switzerland – Alpine Pass Route
Cam Honan:
… a 340 kilometre (211 miles) hiking trail that spans the breadth of Switzerland. Starting in Sargans on the border with Liechtenstein, it passes up and over sixteen mountain passes before reaching its western terminus at Montreux, situated on Lake Geneva.
I completed the Alpine Pass Route in August, 1997. Nineteen years and many hiking miles later, it remains one of my favourite European trails. A memorable combination of gorgeous mountain scenery, picturesque villages, great hospitality and some very cool side trips …
It’s one of our best hikes in Europe.
trouble climbing Mt Adams
Veteran climbing guide Dave Adlard led some new mountaineers on a climb of Mt Adams, Washington.
Thousands climb it every year.
The weather went bad.
“If you haven’t figured it out already we’re not going up. We need to get the hell off this mountain alive.” as our guide and friend, David Adlard, said to us at six in morning.
Read the entertaining trip report on Mtn Talk – Mt. Adams: Get Down Alive
hiking, climbing, scrambling Meteora, Greece
A place so unbelievable, you have to visit it, immerse yourself into it, to comprehend it. …
… immense monolithic pillars and hills that are composed of sandstone and conglomerate. Small and large pebbles stick out of them, making them one of very few places on this planet where you can see, climb and experience such rocks. And while these rocks themselves are reason enough for many people (climbers!) to visit Meteora, it are the seven active Eastern Orthodox monasteries on top of some of these rocks …
Hiking in Finland – Meteora
hiking CIRCUIT EL CHALTÉN, Patagonia
Start and end: El Chaltén, Parque de los Glaciares.
General information: Parque de los Glaciares is located in Southern Patagonia in Argentina. This section of Parque de los Glaciares is famous for the mountains of Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, both of which attract world-class mountaineers every year …
This 3-4 day hike takes you into mountain lakes, glaciers and (weather permitting) great views of both Fitz Roy and Cerro Torres. Hiking here is quite easy, and easier than in Torres del Paine …
Biggest concern for hikers is the weather, especially the winds (see below). The route suggested below may also be walked as dayhikes from El Chaltén. …
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