Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Zion Narrows
Angels Landing
Coyote Gulch
Buckskin Gulch
Mount Timpanogos
Escalante Slot Canyon
Delicate Arch
Stewart Falls
Devil’s Garden
Queen’s Garden Trail
I’ve done all of those except Mount Timpanogos. I’ll add it to the list of best hikes S.W. USA. 🙂
1,300 miles, 5 months, and 1 camera
These videos are so crazy beautiful. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
(via Matador)
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The bodies of 31 hikers have been found near the top of Japan’s Mount Ontake a day after a sudden volcanic eruption. …
The volcano, about 200km (125 miles) west of Tokyo, erupted without warning on Saturday …
(via Kolby Kirk)
Misti at 5822m (19,101ft) is one of the easiest, most visible, most popular, most accessible high summits in the world. It is recommended for all self-sufficient hikers. If you tolerate cold & altitude symptoms, the ascent is little trouble in good weather.
Misti is one of the best trekking peaks in the world — no mountaineering skills nor gear needed if the weather is good
3 days, 25km circuit plus the climb is recommended. Most do it in 2 days, 1 night, however.
Easy access from Arequipa, our favourite city in Peru.
Click PLAY or watch a short Yeti Adventure trip report on YouTube.
Unfortunately, the freezing temperatures, high winds and an incoming storm forced us to turn back without reaching the summit.
We’ve recently moved and updated our Misti information page.
Goal Zero is going to email me when this device is available – Autumn 2014.
… it requires no rubber plugs on the ports and makes them so water resistant that you can spray the unit off if it gets muddy on a mission.
Enough electricity is stored inside to recharge a GoPro five times (or an iPhone up to three times). Any device that links to USB ports or micro-USB is compatible, and you can connect two gadgets at once. …
read more on Gear Junkie
I want to write my trail updates in the tent each night. Process photos and videos.
It pairs with the GoalZero Nomad 7 Solar Panel. But this review says the solar panel cannot power an iPad by itself.
I’ll wait to hear how it works in the real world.
VALLEY UPRISING is the much-anticipated documentary from Sender Films about the epic history of climbing in Yosemite National Park and the counterculture roots of outdoor sports.
Narrated by Peter Sarsgaard, the film features digitally-animated archival photography, spectacular climbing footage and interviews with Yosemite greats — from pioneers like Yvon Chouinard, Royal Robbins, Lynn Hill and John Long to cutting edge modern athletes like Dean Potter and Alex Honnold. Valley Uprising tells the story of the bold men and women who broke with convention and redefined the limits of human possibility in America’s legendary national park.
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
To be released Fall 2014.
(via Hiking in Finland)
We’ve moved and updated our Colca information page. 🙂
A trip to Colca Canyon is recommended for all hikers, regardless of ability and experience. It offers superb day hiking and immensely popular 2-day trips.
Hard core hikers will love a unique 5-day option descending into the canyon then climbing up over a snowy 5100m (16,732ft) pass to the remote and rarely visited Valley of the Volcanos — weird cones & lava formations!
Yeti Adventure Films nailed the feel of Colca in this cute edit. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
details on our Colca information page
This looks great. I’ll try to find a copy in Kathmandu.
When Jono Lineen‘s brother died in tragic circumstances, he gave up a comfortable life, moved to the Himalayas and over eight years immersed himself in the cultures of the world’s highest mountains.
The experience culminates in his book Into the Heart of the Himalayas, a fascinating memoir that traces his solo trekking odyssey from Pakistan to Nepal across thousands of kilometres of mountain terrain. No-one has ever before attempted to walk the length of the Western Himalayas alone, but Jono’s intentions were more psychological than physical. It was about integrating the Himalayan culture he had grown to love, assimilating the wisdom of the place and coming to terms with his loss.
Jono’s openness with everyone he meets on the trail – from Pakistani military officers to Tibetan lamas and naked Hindu Saddhus – lies at the heart of one of the most complete portraits of the Himalayas ever written. Jono Lineen – a lone, disarming man – crosses borders, religions, castes, languages and philosophical boundaries to find the way to embrace his future.
He explains why an adventure from 1995 was not published until April 2014.
Have you heard of the Sunshine Coast Trail?
… a 180-kilometre trail that stretches from Sarah Point in Desolation Sound to Saltery Bay. …
… this epic trail now boasts (12 shelters) …, making it the only free hut-to-hut hiking experience in Canada. …
more maps
The huts are basic. First come, first served. I’ll carry a tent, just in case.
No fees. No registration. Easy access from multiple trailheads means you can resupply en route. Logistics will be easy. It’s coastal and fairly flat – aside from 3 mountain ascents of about 4000 feet.
Check the Facebook page for another book – A Dream of Giants: the story of the Sunshine Coast Trail
The soonest I could do all or part of the SCT is summer 2015. Leave a comment if you are interested. This is a terrific excuse to visit the Sunshine Coast of Canada.
One more thing.
There’s a paddling route roughly in parallel with a large section of the Sunshine Coast Trail. From Shinglemill to Canoe Main. Hikers could switch to canoes or kayaks for a break from the trail, or meet up with paddlers at designated campgrounds. Portage is required.
We’ve moved and updated our Cerro Castillo (Castle Mountain) information page.
At 2675m (8776ft) Cerro Castillo is the highest peak in the central Patagonian Andes.
We recommend 4 days, 3 nights. The nearest airport is Coihaique, about 75km away.
Though accessible by an excellent highway, only about 1 hiking group / day starts up during the main hiking season. (Jan-Mar)
Click PLAY or watch a short Ecotravel Patagonia autumn trip highlights vid on YouTube.
Cerro Castillo information page.
