Most of the blogs chosen feature adventure cycling. Best Hike was included as we’ve recently been promoting Cycle Hiking. Biking as far as possible, hiking the rest of the way. 🙂
The first 5 and a half days of our trip we spent on La Gomera. Gomera is THE hiking island. It’s small, pretty quiet compared to Tenerife, hitching is soooo frikkin easy (the mostly german tourists all have a rental car and they will pick you up the moment you get your thumb out), and the hiking paths are really well marked. …
On Tenerife we continued along the GR 131 and some local trails. …
The Great Divide Trail (GDT), is a wilderness hiking trail in the Canadian Rockies. The trail closely follows the Great Divide between Alberta and British Columbia, crossing the divide no fewer than 30 times.
It begins in Waterton Lakes National Park at the Canada-US border (where it connects with the Continental Divide Trail) and ends in Kakwa Provincial Park north of Jasper National Park. The Great Divide Trail is 1,200 km long …
Fewer than 20 people a year thru hike the GDT. If you might be interested, try to get a copy of the only guidebook.
I once cycled DOWN from high up on the Annapurna Circuit. Cycling up there (from Kathmandu) sounds tough.
Drawn by the majesty of the Nepali Himalaya and its welcoming teahouses, Colt Felters sets out to pedal around the region’s infamous Annapurna Circuit. Once he’s found his bike…