One of Twisted Sifter’s 100 best pictures of the year.
blogging from the CDT
Frank Wall recommended Walking With Wired:
… my quest to complete hiking’s Triple Crown and more. Pacific Crest Trail (2011), Continental Divide Trail (2013) and Appalachian Trail (20??).
That’s Erin “Wired” Saver.
She’s got a terrific gear planning post. I’m particularly interested in how she intends to blog from the trail:
iPhone 5 & Lifeproof Case
There are no words to express how amazing this phone is! The newest version is super light, thin, and fast. I just got it recently and am very happy to have upgraded. The increased speed and extended battery life will be a big help for me with blogging…
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS19
I have envied my friends with the Lumix wide angle lens long enough. I am quite pumped to say I have converted from my trusty little Canon PowerShot to the Lumix. It just captures so much more …
AirStash
This tiny (1.4oz) and pricey ($140) little device is pure magic. … but for hiking purposes, it is perfect for transferring my beautiful photos from my Lumix camera to my iPhone so I can put high quality photos on my blog each night. The iPhone has a great camera, but not as great as the Lumix.
… At the end of the day I put my sd card in the Airstash and choose which photos I’d like to add to my iPhone for my blog. It is a bit time consuming and can only be done one photo at a time, so I only recommend this for a handful of photos each night. …
I’d replace the iPhone with an iPad mini. Use solar recharging technology.
hmm …
2012/13 Banff Mountain Film Festival
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, coming to a location near you. For dates, locations, and a list of films on tour …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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These have to be the greatest product advertisements ever.
Take A Walk Around The World
Check out this cleverly shot and edited video from the folks at Humanity.tv, who are working on an interesting interactive series of short films to inspire us to travel. ..
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
I’m inspired. And in 2013 I’ve got both time and money.
Where, where to hike?
42 Beautiful Crater Lakes
Check out a terrific photo series from Love These Pics.
For example, this gem in the Pacific.
“After 3 hours of painstaking clambering up loose scree, I could see the whole of Lomok a volcanic island. The triangle shadow on the horizon is the shadow of Rinjani herself at sunrise. To the right of the shadow on the horizon is Bali again (very small). In the middle of the crater (which measures 20Km across) is the newer Gunug Baru on the lake (Danau Segara Anak),” wrote the photographer. Photo #22 by NeilsPhotography
See the rest – 42 of the World’s Most Beautiful Crater Lakes
I’m astonished at how few of these lakes I’ve hiked. Most on that list are remote and difficult to visit.
Best hiking in Hong Kong
Tim Cheung:
Highly addictive, mildly dangerous: four hiking gurus come clean about their obsession
… 300 kilometers of designated trails, varying in length and difficulty, traverse the territory and many locals hike religiously.
To really experience Hong Kong get out to one of the four major hiking trails: the MacLehose Trail, Wilson Trail, Hong Kong Trail or Lantau Trail.
Click through for advice on perhaps the best urban hiking area in the world.
related – Budget Hong Kong: Coward’s Route To Victoria Peak
Camino de Santiago timelapse
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
That’s from The Best Way – El Camino de Santiago.
Thank Dave Brown for the link.
Walkopedia
My favourite hiking website is Walkopedia.net.
That’s William and Alexandra Mackesy.
They aspire to database a complete collection of the world’s great walks and hikes by 2020.
I love it. 🙂
Supplementing the website, they publish regular online magazines. Check out the Christmas 2012 edition:
Cappadocia, Turkey
Kilimanjaro from Mt Meru
Cappadocian classic: Rose Valley
Photo Essay: Ben Duncan’s Wind River Mountains
Inquisition on Mount Athos
Best camp tucker
New on Walkopedia Website
13 scenic toilets
Simone Preuss:
When you gotta go, you gotta go. And answering nature’s call – any time, anywhere – is certainly what the builders of these remote outhouses seem to have had in mind. Often situated in incredibly scenic locations, some of these outhouses also seem highly precarious, looking like they’re about to topple over a cliff at any minute! Was this positioning chosen in the name of ventilation? Who knows.
Regardless, we hope you’ll join us as we marvel at 13 of the loneliest latrines on earth! …
That post doesn’t include the “Long Drop” to a glacier in New Zealand. 🙂
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