Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Kyrgyzstan is a fantastic hiking destination — BUT we wouldn’t recommend you trek there independently.
The Pamir Trail is a proposed 1000km+ route. A work in progress.
Jan Baaker, author of Cicerone Trekking in Tajikistan, hopes to connect the entire route soon.
Shorter and logistically easier to organize, is the Heights of Alay Mountains trail.
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Angel Falls is the the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres (3,212 ft), and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft).
The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyán-tepui mountain in the Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Gran Sabana region of Bolívar State. …
… there is still uncertainty whether Angel Falls or South Africa’s Tugela Falls is the tallest …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Amazing.
Pampas grass or pampas-grass or Pap’s grass are common names for several similar-looking, tall-growing species of grass.
Cortaderia selloana is native to southern South America, including the Pampas region after which it is named.
It is widely distributed throughout the world as a cultivated ornamental plant. And it is common in the yards on Vancouver Island where I’m at right now.
In fact, it’s my favourite of the ornamental plants here. Tall, impressive, and pretty.
That said, many gardeners hate the stuff, considering it an invasive weed. It’s difficult to manage.
Click PLAY or watch a short montage on YouTube.
Take your significant hiking parter on a trail today.
If you’ve already hiked Torres del Paine in Chilean Patagonia on the Circuit or W routes, you might be interested in a new adventure called the Brush Variant.
A 7-day trek from Bernardo O’Higgins national park to Chile’s most legendary park — Paine.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (Guided)
Trailer by Tavi Parusel.
Shows Feb 21 in Vancouver & Squamish, as well as available to stream online. Get your tickets here.
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The Overland Track in Tasmania is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.
Click PLAY or watch a 1 minute introduction on YouTube.
The best & most famous walk in Australia.
Read more on our Overland Information page.
Patagonian Andes
Patagonia is massive and bleak. Yet we love the Patagonian Andes, 2000km (1243mi) in length, but averaging less than 100km (62mi) in width. You could take years exploring just the eastward (drier) side of the mountains.
Towering granite peaks, untouched lakes, massive glaciers, huge volcano trekking peaks. This land is phenomenal.
Trekkers target five areas:
- The Araucania
- Lakes District
- Central Patagonia
- Southern Patagonia
- Tierra del Fuego
Start in Mendoza, Argentina and visit the highest mountain outside Asia, Aconcagua. Next bus to the Switzerland of South America (Lake District). Some of the highest volcanoes of the world are here. Finally, work your way south by air and ferry to the granite spires at the south tip of the continent.
Trekking season here is Nov-Apr. (Feb-Mar often the best weather) That said, the wind and weather in Patagonia is notorious. Independent hikers need be prepared for anything and everything.
Conversational Spanish highly recommended for those travelling independently.
More information on our new Patagonia information page.
Our favourite hike in the Patagonian Andes is the Paine Circuit in Chile.
John Grey Pass, Paine Circuit – flickr – Patagonia set – Michael Bollino
See our Paine Circuit Information page.
Click PLAY or see how to trek Aconcagua Base Camp independently on YouTube.
by BestHike editor Rick McCharles
Testing various new A.I. software products, I was impressed with their ability to create interesting songs.
This is the best of a number of original HIKING songs I prompted using Riffusion.com
Unlimited downloads for free. For now. It’s in BETA as I post.
The theme of this video is what to do when your true love dumps you. 😀
Head for the mountains. Solo !
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The vibe is he doth protest too much, methinks.
Sad dude heads for the mountains.
LYRICS
I don’t need your goddamn company at 10,000 feet
Don’t need your explanations or your guilt to make me complete
Up here the world makes sense again, I can finally breathe
I don’t need your goddamn company at 10,000 feet
Boot prints mark my solo trail
Through patches of melting snow
You said I couldn’t make it alone
But watch me as I go
Sometimes when the wind cuts sharp
And storm clouds block the sun
I wonder if I made mistakes
(Did I make mistakes?)
But then I see the summit call
And know I’ve just begun
I don’t need your goddamn company at 10,000 feet
Don’t need your explanations or your guilt to make me complete
Up here the world makes sense again, I can finally breathe
I don’t need your goddamn company at 10,000 feet
The air gets thinner
But my thoughts get clearer
With every single step
I’m getting stronger
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