I NEVER take any of these products on the trail, … yet I refuse to toss them out.
Intervention, please.
disused Hiking gear, a set on Flickr.
best trek in the world = GR20 Corsica
by besthike editor Rick McCharles
This past June I attempted the GR20.
… Corsica is a mountainous island in the Mediterranean and its GR20 is reputed to be the toughest waymarked trail in Europe. It is an ambitious route for fit and agile walkers, covering 190km in about two weeks as it makes a complete traverse through the high mountains, backpacking the whole way, sometimes with hands-on scrambling. …
Starting tomorrow I’ll post my day-by-day trip report with annotated photos. It turned out to be the toughest hike of my life.
Lonely Planet:
1. GR20, France
2. Inca Trail, Peru
3. Pays Dogon, Mali
4. Everest Base Camp, Nepal
5. Indian Himalayas, India
6. Overland Track, Australia
7. Routeburn Track, New Zealand
8. The Narrows, USA
9. The Haute Route, France-Switzerland
10. Baltoro Glacier & K2, Pakistan
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Manaslu Circuit the new Annapurna?
Check out a new website edited by Richard Bull – ManasluCircuittrek.com
It’s about 170km hiked over 2-3 weeks.
… the Manaslu Circuit Trek takes you from just 700m altitudes at Arughat (or Gorkha Bazar) up to 5160m on the pass – a tremendous range of altitudes, temperatures and micro-climates. …
Manaslu circuit is now a tea-house trek. Camping is not required unless you go off the beaten track. Here is a rough outline of the route with some information about where the tea-houses and lodges are. …
Robin Boustead (Great Himalayan Trail pioneer) says:
“Many would argue that the Manaslu Circuit trail is the best general trek in the country, with colourful cultures and dramatic valleys against a backdrop of classic Himalayan peaks.”
Richard has mixed feelings about promoting this excellent alternative to Annapurna and Everest Base Camp. But I feel progress is inevitable. Best it be managed for the maximum benefit of the local peoples.
Andy Bryant posted a terrific trip report.
Bigfoot in my back yard
… wait a minute. It might just be a dog.
But a film crew from Discovery’s Animal Planet show, Finding Bigfoot, is in my back yard:
… Reports of hairy encounters with Bigfoot-like creatures in the Banff area are on the rise.
Earlier this month, crews from Discovery’s Animal Planet show, Finding Bigfoot, visited the mountainous region after seeing photos and video from the Sylvanic group claiming a colony of unidentified primates lives near the border between Banff and Kootenay National Park. …
… credible …
We’ll finally learn the TRUTH when Finding Bigfoot premieres Oct. 15th. 🙂
California through his lens
California Through My Lens is dedicated to the “great state of California and the wonderful beauty it has to offer to the photographer and traveler“.
It’s well done. I’ve just subscribed.
Check out some hiking trip reports. For example, Heart Rock Waterfall in Crestline, CA:
… the true draw of this hike is the fact that the waterfall has an almost perfect cut out of a heart right alongside of it. The heart itself looks small in the photos, but could easily hold two adults in each of its halves. This is a little gem nestled in the San Bernardo mountains that I recently stumbled upon on world of waterfalls but had never heard of even after I had lived in this area of CA for my whole life. …
Heart Waterfall Hike (Seeley Creek Falls) in Crestline, CA
homepage – californiathroughmylens.com
Glidecam – hiking the Enchantments
Have you hiked the Enchantments in Washington State?
Check this incredible little film by Devin Graham. Stephen Anderson wrote the score.
Over 116,000 views.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
On a technical side, this was all shot on the Canon 5D Mark II. Most of the shots were done with the Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L Series. and a Nikon 70-200 2.8 with Canon/Nikon lens adapter.
The smooth shots were done with a Glidecam HD-4000. You can check out the exact model on their official website here where you can also buy them. I’ve been shooting with there glidecams for the last 5 years, and love them. They do take a little bit of a learning curve, but once you get past that, it’s all smooth!
related – my video and Enchantments trip report from Aug. 2011
Thank Stu of Life Wild for the link.
Santa Cruz Trek, Peru
The most popular multi-day adventure in the White Mountain range of the Andes.
Cordillera Blanca guides this itinerary:
Day 1: Huaraz – Cashapampa – Llamacorral (3700m)
Day 2: Llamacorral – Jatuncocha – Taullipampa (4250m)
Day 3: Taullipampa – Punta Unión pass (4750m) – Paria (3850m)
Day 4: Paria – Vaqueria – Llanganuco – Huaraz
details – cordillerablanca.pe
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Huaraz is our #2 hiking town in the world. An outdoor adventure mecca.
We did Santa Cruz independently in 2005. (PHOTOS)
Altitude sickness is the main risk. You need many days to acclimatize before hiking over 4000m.
Check our besthike Santa Cruz information page.
Ted Bear – Aussie Bear Grylls
Tom Mangan calls the misnamed Hiking in Finland editor Hendrik Morkel the best hiking blogger we’ve got at the moment.
I’ve long subscribed. But on Tom’s recommendation I went straight to the site to see what I could learn. … Unfortunately, I was instantly distracted by this hilarious video linked by Hendrik:
Ted Bear teaches you how to survive, against all odds.
(via Hiking in Finland)
From now on I’ll pay closer attention to Hiking in Finland. Hendrik does have some near poetic content, including this one – Driving In The Mud and Rain
10 Best Hiking Trails
Extreme-Exercises.com speculates on a list of the 10 Best Hiking Trails In The World each with a video.
Click PLAY or check out Angels Landing on YouTube.
10. Alum Cave Trail To Mount LeConte
Location- Sevier County, Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park9. Hike Up Mount Pinatubo To Crater Lake
Location- Phillipines8. Breakneck Ridge Trail
Location- New York7. Bright Angel Trail
Location- Grand Canyon, Arizona6. Yosemite Half Dome
Location- California5. Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Location- Peru4. Haiku’s Ladder
Location- Oahu, Hawaii3. Angels Landing
Location- Utah2. El Camino del Rey
Location- Spain1. Huashan Hiking Trail
Location- China
See VIDEOS and LINKS on Extreme-Exercises.com
How Fast & Light Can The Gear Junkie Go?
… new micro-site video channel and the premise of a video series we’re launching this fall. The first one, on climbing Kings Peak in Utah, debuted today. See the video below + check out the “Fast & Light” channel in full here. …
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
Fantastic editing.
