Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
It’s January in Canada. And I wish I was in Patagonia. 😀
One adventure town there is Pucón, 780 km to the south of Santiago. On the shore of Lake Villarrica. The Villarrica volcano located roughly 17 km to the south.
I’ve spent a fair bit of time there myself. And was pleased when our Villarrica Traverse page was linked from an excellent list:
Very comprehensive. Very well researched.
TikTok has forced every other social media platform — including YouTube — towards shorter, vertical videos.
We have eyes side-by-side, so landscape photos and videos are more natural.
The ONLY reason to post anything in a vertical format is because it’s the default position of your mobile phone. 😀
I’ve tried several times to convert landscape to vertical. For example, here’s a teaser for our longer BestHike BEST VIDEO Highlights 2022.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Here’s the same video uploaded to Instagram.
Mac posted his annual statistics on the Continental Divide Trail.
Most important to hikers is finding out what gear works best over that long haul.
There’s much, much more:
Accursed Mountains. Three nations.
This 192km circuit will take you through the mountains of northern Albania, eastern Kosovo and southern Montenegro.
The ancient routes were cut during the cold war when tensions were high between Yugoslavia and Albania.
The German Development Agency through a project to support the communities of these three countries restricted the trail and turned it into an amazing touristic offer. The route offers a diversity of landscapes and cultural experiences. …
10 day Guided Hike
Read Peter Elia‘s trip report.
World Wild Hearts were hiking many of the same routes in the Lofoten Islands as me summer of 2022.
They put together a terrific video showing some of the best of the best.
AND I’m hoping to get back to Lofoten summer 2023.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders (2022) is deep dive into the unsolved murder of two free-spirited young women in the wilderness, a journalist’s obsession—and a new theory of who might have done it.
In May 1996, two skilled backcountry leaders, Lollie Winans and Julie Williams, entered Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park for a week-long backcountry camping trip.
… During their final days in the park, they descended the narrow remnants of a trail and pitched their tent in a hidden spot. After the pair didn’t return home as planned, park rangers found a scene of horror at their campsite, their tent slashed open, their beloved dog missing, and both women dead in their sleeping bags.
The unsolved murders of Winans and Williams continue to haunt all who had encountered them or knew their story.
My hometown stomping grounds.
Sunshine Meadows to Assiniboine is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.
This video includes many other great options.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Over the pandemic, I really got into creating hiking videos. Learning how to edit. Getting a drone. I had the time.
Time enough to launch the BestHike YouTube channel.
I was based out of my parent’s house on Vancouver Island.
Over the pandemic weeks and months, I closely followed David’s I’d Rather Be Hiking YouTube channel and Facebook page.
David is also based out of Vancouver Island. And inspired many of my own hikes there.
Click PLAY or learn about his story it on YouTube.
The average Pacific Crest Trail hiker 2022 spent $9593 on the adventure. Plus $1510 updating gear.
Details on Mac’s Halfway Anywhere Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Survey (2022)
Details on Mac’s Halfway Anywhere Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Survey (2022)
There is much, much more on the Halfway Anyway survey results page.
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