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Post by trekkerman on Dec 20, 2016 19:51:34 GMT -8
Eleven best treks I've experienced: (1) Wind River Range end to end. (2) Camino De Santiago (3) England, Coast to Coast (4) West Coast trail, Vancouver Island. (5) Buckskin Gulch, Utah. (6) Annapurna Circuit, Nepal (7) Tour du Mt Blanc (8) West Highland Way, Scotland (9) Torres del Paine Circuit, Patagonia (10) Dingle Way, Ireland. (11) Ruta de San Vincente, Portugal.
Come on guys lets fire up this post. Life is short!
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Post by rwtb123 on Dec 21, 2016 4:07:03 GMT -8
Yea,I have big plans,but then when I take in to account the horrendous traffic gridlock around here, I just head out my door for a walk/bike ride every time.
Seriously,at the top of my list would be Lofoten Islands,Chilean Lake region,and Patagonia for backpacking and bike/ski touring.Then,perhaps, the Haute or Southern Alps...(all while living in Girdwood Ak.)
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Post by trekkerman on Dec 21, 2016 7:49:11 GMT -8
You got my attention with your Lofoten Islands. Guess I'd better put them on my wish list.
Merry Christmas up there in AK!
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Post by Westy on Dec 21, 2016 8:23:54 GMT -8
Completed feasibility, design and currently in full-scale development for CDT Thru-Hike project in 2018. As far as international goes, really have no firm plans. Would be nice to finish hillwalking the 213 summits in Northern Ireland and the Republic someday. The Pyrenees G-10 or G-11 is of interest. Have researched several lesser known India treks. After the CDT I think the next "trek" will be a major multi-month motorcycle ride with no destination known.
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Post by hikingtiger on Dec 21, 2016 12:22:45 GMT -8
Researching options for Ireland or Norway next year.
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Post by trekkerman on Dec 21, 2016 13:59:05 GMT -8
Rural Ireland may well be the prettiest countryside I have ever seen. Make certain you get there before takin' off your boots for the last time.
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Post by Westy on Dec 21, 2016 18:22:41 GMT -8
Rural Ireland may well be the prettiest countryside So many Americans I know visit Ireland and do the usual, Guinness Brewery, Cliffs of Moher, Giants Causeway, Blarney Stone, and drinking in an Irish Pub, something you can do anywhere in the US. For me the best way to visit the country was to go hillwalking and check summits off the list. Maybe hiking from the beach on Achill Island to a 2,000 footer directly on the Atlantic, descend to a deserted village on the return or drive the northwestern coast of Donegal to Derry after hiking Errigal, Muckish or Slieve Snaght. Lots of way cool options. |
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Post by rwtb123 on Dec 22, 2016 0:28:09 GMT -8
Merry Christmas up there in AK! Actually,that's part of my wish list ,as well. Lofoten Islands. Guess I'd better put them on my wish list. I'm glad to share this secret location with a select few who would be able to appreciate its natural beauty.The magazine has also mentioned this area a few times recently... |
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Post by rwtb123 on Dec 22, 2016 0:37:57 GMT -8
The recent magazine post about the unnamed tarns has increased my interest in this trail... |
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Post by hikingtiger on Dec 22, 2016 7:41:05 GMT -8
I'm glad to share this secret location with a select few who would be able to appreciate its natural beauty. Those of us who get the "Visit Norway" newsletter weekly are in on the "secret."  The difficult part of planning a trip is that there isn't enough time to see everything in one trip. A good problem to have, I know. For me the best way to visit the country was to go hillwalking I prefer to do the off-the-beaten-path things too. For example, whenever I make it to Wales, Bryn Cader Faner is at the top of my list. |
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Post by trekkerman on Dec 22, 2016 9:02:25 GMT -8
What I particularly liked about Ireland was the ease of getting around. A short flight from NYC to Shannon, walk out the door and grab a bus in the direction of your
hike. Simple. Flying to Dublin makes it somewhat more complicated logistically.
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Post by Campfires&Concierges on Mar 28, 2017 6:37:22 GMT -8
I'm hiking the Haute Route in Switzerland this summer - from Chamonix to Zermatt, over 13 days. If anyone has hiked it, and has blog posts to share, please do! I have a very long stretch between vacations this year, so I need something to keep my mind off work!
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 28, 2017 20:17:43 GMT -8
We are tentatively planning to head to New Zealand in a couple of years. May stay for up to 6 months--whatever the visa will allow, and depending on parental health. That's the only international travel we have sights on right now, except in the vaguest sense (the spouse pointed out that we could head to Patagonia, on over to NZ, and when it gets too wet there, go on up to the Himalaya. I pointed out that it sounded exhausting, though I'm not wholly excluding the idea).
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Post by amaruq on Mar 29, 2017 5:10:14 GMT -8
All of my hiking is international, by the criteria set forth on the forum.
That being said, I'd like to get down to Sierra and Yosemite at some point in my life as well as Olympic and North Cascades.
In the spirit of the thread, I could easily spend some time wandering around the Highlands, Tierra del Fuego, Norway's fjord-studded coasts, the Atlas range in Morocco and the Pyrenees just North of that. The list continues, but those would be the top locales.
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Post by hikingtiger on Mar 29, 2017 7:33:21 GMT -8
I could easily spend some time wandering around ... Norway's fjord-studded coasts If I find this one, I may not come back. |
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The difficult part of planning a trip is that there isn't enough time to see everything in one trip. A good problem to have, I know.
