Chris Homer posted a very well edited epic YouTube video.
Snowdonia National Park 4K
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (1hr 19min)
If that’s too long for you, watch his fast paced trailer.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Respecting Female Hikers
An important post from Backpacker:
DO be friendly, but not aggressive. If a woman doesn’t seem interested in having a conversation with you, back off.
DON’T ask solo women where they’re headed or where they’re camping.
DON’T suggest that a woman hiking alone is unsafe.
DON’T use sexual innuendo.
DO give solo women space. Keep distance between your tents if you end up camping in the same area.
DO be extremely cautious about flirting. Don’t make her feel like she has to change her pace or otherwise compromise her hike to escape from you.
How To Avoid Seeming Creepy To Solo Women Hikers
Abel Tasman Coast Track, New Zealand
New Zealand #1 on our list of BEST HIKING DESTINATIONS of the World.
Check our Abel Tasman Coast Track Information page.
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Deb Haaland, new U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Welcome.
A big change from the Trump appointees who seemed more interested in selling off public lands to rich supporters.
Haaland herself is both a hunter and from a traditional hunting family. In her confirmation hearing, she noted that she’d support hunters as well as outdoor recreation in her time as Secretary.
She will pursue Biden’s 30 By 30 initiative — the goal to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.
Alexandria Trail, South Africa
I visited the Addo Elephant National Park as a tourist a few years ago and didn’t find out about this fantastic hike.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Read a trip report – Alexandria Hiking Trail | Addo
European Mountain Ranges
Rakiura Track – Stewart Island, New Zealand
One of the official GREAT WALKS.
Here’s where you might see a Kiwi. The bird.
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Darwin’s Pacific Crest Trail GEAR
1136 mile Ice Age Trail in Winter
Diggins and best friend Emily Ford started December 28th.
Finished 69 days later.
Emily is the only the second person on record to thru hike the Wisconsin trail in winter.
Creative camping was required as campgrounds are closed in winter. And parts of the official Ice Age Trail were closed.
They averaged 16.5 miles / walking day.
IG @emilyontrail
42 days – Greater Patagonian Trail
I’m hoping to get back to Chile for a big chunk of the GPT in 2022.
Ideally, the 1000km section highlighted here by Martín Hurtado.
Founder of the trail, Jan Dudeck, feels sections GPT01 to GPT22 is the best long section for hikers.
If you want to learn more, download the constantly updated Hikers Manual on Dropbox.
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