28 Oct
Madeira is an archipelago in the Atlantic, an Autonomous region of Portugal. Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island are the only inhabited islands.
I’ve just subscribed to Madeira Walking, a quality, impressive site.
The unique attraction of this area are Levada, irrigation channels that double as ideal hiking trails.
Nature Meetings, partners on this site, [...]
5 Oct
I’m still looking for a good way to move our list of the best hikes in the world to a wiki.
None of the wiki software I’ve looked at appeals.
The best of the bad bunch is Google Sites (video) … At least I know that Google will continue to improve this product into the [...]
1 Oct
My name is Andrea. I was born and raised in Leicestershire in the U.K. In 1994 I drove 15,000 miles around the United States and on returning home, couldn´t seem to settle back into the old routine. So, I uprooted myself from there to come and work ´for the summer´ on the [...]
30 Sep
Can you believe this is Corsica, France?
An island in the Mediterranean.
It’s from an excellent trip report of a 6 days, 95km trek through Corsica in May.
That’s the Trailblaze blog edited by Johannes Huwe, posted in both German and English.
Though snow has been rare on the island since 1979 (presumably due to climate change) [...]
24 Sep
Have you seen the new tag line on Tom Mangan’s blog?
Two-Heel Drive is the Web’s oldest regularly updated hiking blog. Born as a general-interest hiking blog in the fall of 2005, it evolved into a Bay Area-focused blog in the summer of 2007. I had to shift focus again in the summer of 2009 because [...]
19 Sep
I’ve just subscribed.
Outdoor Afro is a website community that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through recreational activities such as camping, hiking, biking, boating, gardening, and skiing. Outdoor Afro uses social media to create interest communities, events, and to partner with regional and national organizations that support diverse participation in the Great [...]
27 Aug
I have a friend with Crohn’s. It’s a bad disease.
From Jeremy Twigg via email:
… This September, 16-year-old Clinton Shard of Squamish, B.C. is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as a part of a team of six people led by Crohn’s patient Rob Hill, who is the founder of the Intestinal Disease Education and Awareness Society, or [...]
23 Aug
by site editor Rick McCharles
Chamonix to Zermatt: The Walker’s Haute Route is one of the very best hikes in the World.
One of the very best hikes I’ve ever done.
It changed my life.
Chamonix to Zermatt, Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn – … the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps and [...]
18 Aug
The always excellent Without Baggage blog published by Hank Leukart has a funny trip report:
… At midnight, the three of us set off to climb the seven miles and 3,500 feet from Mahogany Flat to Death Valley’s highest point in the moonlight.
In the dark, using only the almost-full moon to guide us, we trudged up [...]
13 Aug
Carol Roberts is an avid hiker, backpacker and outdoorswoman from California. Check out her website.
HikingLady.com is dedicated to women hikers who love the outdoors! My goal is to share tips and secrets learned over years of hiking, backpacking, camping, and exploring the outdoors. I want to provide unbiased advice and opinions (and your comments [...]
|
