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Ed Stafford (born 26 December 1975) is an English explorer and former British Army captain. He holds the Guinness World Record for being the first human ever to walk the length of the Amazon River. …
Stafford was announced as one of National Geographic Adventurers of the Year 2010 and then in March 2011 he was awarded European Adventurer of the Year in a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. …
Amazon – Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. One Step at a Time.
Click PLAY or watch his TED Talk on YouTube.
In the summer of 2013 Casey Gannon and Colin Arisman thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail with cameras in hand.
“Only The Essential” is the story of their 5 month, 2668 mile journey on foot from Mexico to Canada across the wilderness of California, Oregon, and Washington.
The full length film will be available to stream for free online, as well as premiering around the country and being submitted to film festivals. Prior to the hike we successfully ran a Kickstarter fundraiser, and we are deeply grateful for the independent financial support of those who backed our project. The film is a non-commercial project and has been a labor of love for us. We are honored that Only The Essential has received the support of the Pacific Crest Trail Association. Only the Essential will premier at Pacific Crest Trail Days, fall 2014.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
Kraig Becker:
My friend Matthew Karsten recently had the opportunity to hike the Caminito del Rey, a notoriously dangerous trail located in Andalucia, Spain …
Matt gives us an extensive report on his experience there, as well as a fantastic video that he shot along the way. Read his thoughts on the experience here, and watch the video below. He describes the place as very beautiful, while also acknowledging the inherent dangers of walking this route at the same time.
If you’ve always wanted to walk the Caminito del Rey, you may want to hurry. Matt also reports that in May, the trail will be shut down, and a restoration plan will be put into place. …
Adventure Blog – Hiking The Caminito del Rey: Spain’s Most Dangerous Trail
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I was born in Calgary, Alberta. Banff and the Canadian Rockies are my back yard.
When people ask me to name the most beautiful location of all, I tell them Lake O’Hara.
Getting a reservation to camp in Lake O’Hara is difficult. The few tent sites very much in demand.
Lake O’Hara Reservations must be made starting 8am Mountain Standard Time 3 months (not 90 days) before you want to camp.
250-343-6433
If you wanted to Camp Aug 10,11,12 you’d telephone May 10th at 8am. For example.
When you call, please have the following information ready:
Day or dates requested: maximum of 3 nights for camping
Number of people: maximum of 6 people per party for day use
Number of campsites: maximum of 2 sites per party and 1 tent per site
Preferred in-going bus time: reservations are not required for an outgoing bus
Mastercard, Visa, or American Express number: all fees are collected at the time of booking
The much more expensive Lake O’Hara Lodge and cabins are an alternative.
Elizabeth Parker Hut is another alternative. Available only by lottery, a year in advance of your stay.
Dan Harmon and Dale Weatherson … Are you crazy?
It’s super difficult to walk!
the GR20 is notorious as being one of the most scenic, yet most difficult hiking trails in Europe. The harsh, granite terrain rises steeply out of the Mediterranean on the French island of Corsica. In July, when the snow on the peaks has melted and the refuges are open, the route becomes home to thousands of walkers who traverse the island in about two weeks. They move from refuge to refuge, eating and sleeping in relative comfort before the next stage. One must therefore question why anyone would choose to attempt to complete this route, almost 200km in length with more elevation change than Mt Everest, by mountain bike in early May!
In Chile.
Mike Howarth:
… a grand feat of engineering linking the remote and isolated communities of Puerto Montt in the north with Villa O’Higgins in the south. Perhaps a curiouser byproduct is that of the adoption of this rough isolated road spanning 1200 kms by cyclists. Voted one of the top ten cycling destinations in the world, each year more and more come to make their pilgrimage to the holy grail of adventurous cycling. …
see Mike’s photo journal – Carretera Austral: A Ripio Oddeseey
There’s GREAT access to remote hiking from that roadway, by the way.
Did 60 Minutes Get it Wrong?
Two filmmakers, Jennifer Jordan and Jeff Roads, are working on a documentary that delves back into the Greg Mortenson story. Their film is called 3000 Cups of Tea (see trailer below), and it is nearing completion. They say they have a very different side of the story to tell, and that their experience with Central Asia Institute, and Mortenson’s work, does not resemble what 60 Minutes reported. They have visited many of the schools that were the result of Greg’s work, and they say that aside from a few that aren’t up and running, most of them are serving the purpose that their founder intended. …
Adventure Blog – 3000 Cups Of Tea: Revisiting The Greg Mortenson Story
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
details – 3000cupsoftea.org
trip report by site editor Rick McCharles
I stopped by the 68 metre freefall not one bit interested in trying it myself.
17 February 2012 | Nicolene Smalman:
Hefty fines have been imposed on the company that owns the Big Swing, and two employees who managed the tandem jump in which Ms Jo-Anne Samuels was killed on October 3, 2009. She undertook the jump with her husband, Capt Hendrik Samuels.
The couple plummeted to the bottom of the gorge of about 60 metres, where they struck a rock at great speed. …
trip report by site editor Rick McCharles
The first stop for most tourists touring Blyde River Canyon is closest to Graskop — Pinnacle Rock.
Cost to park is $1. Ask for a receipt or the gate keeper may pocket your money.
The Pinnacle … is not all that impressive.
I enjoyed, however, hiking around the falls up on to the escarpment. Lovely views.
trip report by site editor Rick McCharles
I would have loved to trek famed multi-day Fanie Botha Trail in South Africa.
But the best I could do was to day hike sections:
• Lone Creek Falls
• Bridal Veil Falls
• Mac Mac Falls
• Mac Mac Pools
Lone Creek Falls, a National monument, is yet another of the dozens of impressive waterfalls close to Graskop, South Africa.
Nearby are the equally impressive, but much more popular, Bridal Veil Falls.
I parked at Ceylon Hut on the Fanie Botha, then ran to Bridal Veil. The trail here is signed for mountain bikes, as well.
From the base of the falls, there’s a rough scramble up the escarpment. Scenic and challenging.
Mac Mac Falls is another National monument. I’d been warned the weather here is often misty and/or rainy. But this was the only day I got the typical slogging in the fog.
Parking at Mac Mac Falls, I hiked both directions on the Fanie Botha. Towards President Burger Hut (… yep, that’s the real name) is was mellow forest trail.
Towards Graskop Hut you walk the top of a cliff. It must be very scenic, when the clouds are not so low.
I’m assuming those are the Mac-Mac Pools. 🙂
I obviously did not hike far enough to reach the best of them.
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