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. 🙂
think outside …
Walking on the Thin Ice
Warren Long sends a link to this odd and magically entertaining edit.
Published on Dec 2, 2012
Japanese polar explorer Yasu Ogita’s video “Walking on the Thin Ice”
Extreme Arctic expedition solo on foot
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
22,000-mile hike
Ok … not quite a “hike”. 🙂
… Next month, (Pulitzer winning foreign correspondent Paul) Salopek will begin a seven-year reporting assignment that will take him 22,000 miles (give or take) on foot, from Africa across Asia and the United States, ultimately ending up in Patagonia at the southern tip of South America.
The route Salopek is following is the one anthropologists believe was the first path humans took out of Africa to populate the rest of the world. He’s calling it the Out of Eden, a narrative trek that will examine the current state of the cultures Salopek visits, while also writing about their history and connection to the greater world. …
How do you pack your bag for a seven-year, 22,000-mile international reporting assignment?
(via Adventure Blog)
Expedition Idaho 2011
Here’s Part 3 of Randy Ericksen’s coverage.
It includes the BIG rappel and some butt-bogganing.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
Expedition Idaho is a week long Adventure Race. Some teams sleep only a couple of hours a day.
Milestone Himalaya Trekking Guides
I’ve not yet used a Milestone Guidebook, but they are getting some good press.
Check them out for yourselves at milestoneguides.com
The (almost) Ultimate Arches Loop
… Getting a back-country permit at Arches is strange. They come just shy of discouraging backpacking and it was apparent that they don’t have many people asking for permits. This is likely due to the small size of the park, lack of water, and lots of absolutely pristine soil crusts (they require that you have camp set up by dusk so you don’t risk walking on soils after dark).
I started the trip at Wolfe Ranch and headed north up Salt Creek. I knew generally what route I wanted to take but had zero beta so knew there would be some adjusting on the fly. The first route change happened pretty much immediately. I had planned on going up Salt Creek and doing some exploring in Lost Creek Canyon, but the canyon above Freshwater Spring looked pretty interesting from the bottom so I decided to head up that way. …
read more on Out. Living.
Fantastic photos.
I assume I saw that linked from Hiking in Finland. Where else?
I want to climb the 300ft spiral staircase
The 300ft spiral staircase has been installed on the wall of the Taihang Mountains in Linzhou to offer the thrill of mountaineering without the danger.
But senior climbers beware – you have to be under 60 to be allowed on the staircase.
Thanks Sherry.
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