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Lonely Planet Hiking & Tramping in New Zealand has been updated by Slater, Bennett & DuFresne for 2014, by the by.
Located in the Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia the 82 km track roughly follows the coast between Cockle Creek and Melaleuca. Most people fly into Melaleuca and walk out to Cockle Creek. This is usually to avoid being trapped at Melaleuca in bad weather without food. There are only three ways to get to Melaleuca, by boat, walk in or fly. …
In 2010 David Murphy created a video of his adventures on the South Coast Track. …
All the good bits (mud, leeches, blood, rivers and rain) are in the second half…..
Our Hiking Blog – South Coast Track – mud, leeches and lots more!
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The South Coast Tracks is one of the few hikes where I turned back. Partly due to mud.
Two choices.
1. You can simply assume there is no privacy. No privacy online. None on phone.
Or …
2. you can try taking some small steps to discourage the NSA and other organizations from collecting data on you.
I’m switching from Google search to DuckDuckGo, for example. That might help. Apple is now offering DuckDuckGo as an alternative web search engine.
On the other hand, Google is responding to criticism, now offering end-to-end mail encryption, to try to make your email private.
Watch the RESET the NET VIDEO .
I’m planning on hiking Acadia first week of July. Leave a comment if you have hiking advice for me.
The park includes mountains, an ocean shoreline, woodlands, and lakes. In addition to Mount Desert Island, the park comprises much of the Isle au Haut, parts of Baker Island, and a portion of the Schoodic Peninsula on the mainland. …
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Section Hiker likes the Bear Boxer – Contender Model 101.
I’m still using a clear BEARVAULT BV500. An Ursack. Or no bear vault at all, depending on where I’m hiking. And for how long.
Leave a comment if you have a favourite.
Even I’ll pay $449 for this down jacket
Outside Online – GEAR GUY:
… next fall’s Fitz Roy Down Parka
When it came to the Fitz Roy, Patagonia’s Alpine Product Line Manager Kristo Torgersen only had one real requirement for his designers—that it be the warmest, best jacket in the line.
Somebody tell Bill Bryson. 🙂
Mountain Hardware South Col™ 70 OutDry Backpack
The one-pack solution for mountaineering expeditions on the world’s highest peaks. The flexible design and highly evolved compression system lets you add and remove components as well as shrink and expand the pack as needed.
OutDry construction bonds a durable waterproof membrane to the main compartment so that your gear stays safe and dry in even the wettest conditions.
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(via Adventure Blog)
Two easy-to-visit highlights on the Blyde Canyon Panoramic Route in South Africa.
… Lisbon Falls are the highest waterfalls in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
… Berlin Falls is a waterfall in Mpumalanga, South Africa. They are located close to God’s Window and the highest waterfall in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, Lisbon Falls. …
trip report by site editor Rick McCharles
Many drive the Blyde River Canyon Panorama Route en route to or from Kruger National Park in South Africa.
God’s Window … is a popular vantage point along the Drakensberg escarpment, at the southern extremity of the Nature Reserve.
Here, sheer cliffs plunge over 700 metres to the lowveld. From this escarpment—a mostly unbroken rampart of cliffs—opens a vista into the lowvelt expanse and escarpment forests, the Eden-like aesthetic appearance of which prompted the name. On a clear day it is possible to see over the Kruger National Park towards the Lebombo Mountains on the border with Mozambique.
God’s Window features prominently in the plot of the 1980 cult film The Gods Must Be Crazy. Near the end of the movie, the Bushman character Xi (played by Namibian bush farmer N!xau) travels to God’s Window, and due to some low-lying cloud cover believes it to be the end of the Earth. …
I was lucky and got some views of the big vista.
Most who stop here see nothing but cloud. Hot air rising from the veld below turns to mist. Many are disappointed.
Even in misty weather, it’s worth hiking the adjacent Rain Forest Trail.
Funky bridges and stone paths. 🙂
Precipice Trail is a 1,000 vertical foot “non-technical” climb up the exposed east face of Champlain Mountain in Acadia National Park, Maine.
The route is characterized by narrow granite ledges and iron rungs and ladders. The trail is closed most of the year due to poor conditions making the climb very dangerous. During summer months access to the mountain is restricted due to nesting endangered peregrine falcons. …
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