Jan Kozlowski is trekking the world. He’s next off to southern Africa.
We’re now following his website which includes his trip reports. Jan welcomes YOU to post your trip reports on his site, as well.
Here’s a sample – Chile – Torres Del Paine
scrambling Red Rock Canyon, Vegas
I met up with my friends from Couer d’Alene, Idaho. Their gymnasts were competing at the Lady Luck Invitational.
Branch Whitney:
Red Rock Canyon (20 miles west of Las Vegas) is home to the best scrambling (climbing up, over, around, and down rock) routes in the world. If you liked mazes when you were a kid, you will love Red Rock Canyon. …
Las Vegas’ best kept secret: Hiking and rock scrambling just minutes from the Strip
We’d never seen Red Rock Canyon so busy. Seems my favourite tourist destination in the city is no longer off the radar.
Entry fee.
boycott Utah
Support Patagonia and Black Diamond.
The company this week threatened to pull out of Salt Lake City’s biannual Outdoor Retailer Show, a trade show that brings in 45,000 visitors spending more than $40 million each year. …
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (R) vowed to sue the White House last month after Obama set aside 1.35 million acres, including sacred tribal lands, to become Bears Ears National Monument. The Navajo Nation and conservationists alike hailed the designation as a victory. But Reyes, later joined by the state’s Republican governor and lawmakers in Washington, D.C., denounced the move …
Patagonia Is Gearing Up For War With Utah Republicans Over National Monument
Most Republicans in the USA seek to sell of public lands to the highest bidder. 😦
climbing Roraima, Venezuela
Human Nature 4K
Summit by Harry Farthing (2016)
Even if you have zero interest in alpinism or Nazis, I highly recommend this book. It’s very entertaining throughout.
In the autumn of 1938 Germany’s Reichsführer, Heinrich Himmler, is growing frustrated at the British using their regional power in India to block passage of an SS expedition to Tibet. Determined to spite them, he plots to steal something the British hold dear and have failed for the seventh time that spring to achieve – a first summit of Mount Everest.
Seventy years later, seasoned mountain guide Neil Quinn’s ninth visit to the top of the world’s highest mountain in the charge of the sixteen-year old son of a Long Island billionaire begins to unravel. As a desperate fight for their lives begins in the freezing air high above Tibet, Quinn stumbles across a clue to a story that questions everything he thinks he knows about the great mountain. …
The author reads the audio version. That always adds something for me.
Farthing was inspired by 11 other mountaineering books. I’ve read at least 3 of those.
Watch an interview with the author.
Sierra Designs Flex Capacitor 40-60 Pack
Andrew Skurka is promoting this new backpack. A GearJunkie award winner.
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newest U.S. National Monument – Bears Ears
cycling Port Alberni to Victoria on the NEW Spine Trail
A signature recreation destination in Canada, the Vancouver Island Spine Trail will span more than 700 kilometres from Victoria to Cape Scott. Traversing wild coasts, ancient and working forests and joining island communities, the trail will be a month-long journey in its entirety. …
It’s not finished. But I plan to cycle — and hike a bike — a section in 2017. I’ll start in Port Alberni … and see how far south I can get.
hiking Big Bend National Park, Texas
I’m planning to hike Big Bend for the first time. In January.
The Parks Service recommends:
• Desert Hikes
• Mountain Hikes
• River Hikes
As usual I’ll check with Rangers before deciding which hikes. Local information is critical in the desert. Backcountry Use Permits are required.
I’ll be mostly doing day hikes and one night tenting trips. Water is an issue, I understand, even in winter.
Unless you are walking the Rio Grande, of course.
besthike.com 