10 Nov
Egg masala dosa, garlic naan and coffee.
The vegetarian restaurant at Pilgrim’s Book House. If you’re into trekking, climbing or spirituality, this is one of the best bookstores in the world.
I picked up a classic, Nepal Himalaya by H.W. Tilman (1952). Some reading to supplement my audio books. I’ll need it during my acclimatization [...]
8 Nov
by site editor Rick McCharles
I’ll try for the most difficult of the “established” treks in the Everest region.
To the seekers of adventure and authenticicity, this is an ultimate trek, that will take you throught the famous three passes of Everest , namely the Renjo La pass, the Cho La pass and the Kongma La [...]
7 Nov
Just browsing the new Lonely Planet Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya (August 2009).
Enjoy the high passes, breathtaking landscapes and exhilarations of trekking in Nepal with Lonely Planet. Whether you want to make a tilt at Everest Base Camp, reach remote Tibetan villages or circuit sacred lakes, this guide lets you light out for the [...]
5 Nov
I post this from the airport in Dubai.
Departing Nov. 3rd from Maui, I don’t arrive into Kathmandu until Dec. 6th. … And I don’t cross the international date line as I decided to fly the long way around the world. Perhaps 60hrs in transit. (I’m at 32hrs, so far.)
… Don’t ask.
I’ll have [...]
3 Nov
Carol gives a shout out for Alpine Exploratory, a company specializing in walking and trekking holidays in the Alps.
They did the “self-guided” version of the tour.
I think self-guided is a nice compromise. You don’t need to follow behind your group (like sheep). But you have experts who speak the local languages setting your [...]
22 Oct
Hmm. …
I’m leaning towards the U.S.A.
Possibilities:
→ Sierra High Route, California
→ Continental Divide Trail – Indian Peaks Wilderness to the South San Juan Wilderness, Colorado
→ Lake Tahoe Rim Trail, California
→ Wonderland Trail, Washington
→ Enchantment Traverse, Washington (friends loved this area, hiking it this past summer)
→ Chinese Wall, Montana
→ Maroon Bells Loop, Colorado
Comments?
The toughest option there [...]
14 Oct
The Grosser Aletschgletscher, the longest glacier in Europe, has recently been designated a UNESCO world heritage site, in recognition of its importance and uniqueness. And this place is special. The first sight of this awesome phenomenon is something a world apart from those diagrams in geography lessons, because this thing is enormous, ancient and on [...]
11 Oct
Whitney is the highest mountain in the continental USA.
Fedak linked to an amazing trip report.
By Rick Kent:
I started at midnight. For the first trip I decided to go up the Mountaineers Route. Despite going from Portal to summit (and much of the way back) in the dark I made good time. It helps that [...]
9 Oct
Trip Report – Picos de Europa Circuit – by site editor Rick McCharles
By morning I had no water. Looking up, my prospects for H2O did not look good.
Though my guidebook said I could find water in two places in the next few hours, I was not confident. This late in the season I might [...]
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