7 Nov
I’m a sucker for great trees. Botanical gardens.
But I skipped the Garden of Eden ($5 entry) instead walking the nearby Keanae Arboretum (free).
Around half-mile beyond mile marker 16 on the Hana Highway …
The Ke‘anae Arboretum lies alongside the Pi‘ina‘au Stream on leveled terraces built hundreds of years ago by Hawaiians for growing taro, a mainstay [...]
9 Sep
Love these Scottish place names!
This lesser known hike turned out to be my personal favourite in Scotland.
An energetic walk over a low pass into one of the wildest and most spectacular glens in Scotland …
the Lairig Ghru is widely regarded as the finest mountain pass in Scotland. …
Traditionally, people walked the full 28mi (45km) [...]
3 Jan
Dark Roasted Blend linked to some amazing pics of a place they call The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth.
I’d love to hike there. Check out the incredible vegetation.
larger version – flickr – jan_vandorpe
larger version – flickr – jan_vandorpe
… Socotra is considered the “jewel” of biodiversity in the Arabian sea. The long geological isolation [...]
20 Apr
A few pics from my hike today with Tom Mangan of Two-Heel Drive.
We headed across the Golden Gate Bridge en route to Point Bonita Lighthouse, touted in my guidebook the “most sensational easy hike in the Bay area”.
Tom concurred.
It’s only open a few hours each day, access blocked by a locked tunnel. Once through the [...]
9 Apr
I like the route Lonely Planet Hiking Hawaii recommends for Alakai Swamp:
Kalalau Lookout trailhead > Phea Lookout > Kilohana Lookout. And back.
That’s maximum bang / mile, I think.
It’s a brilliant hike, too, by the way. Don’t be deterred by the name “Swamp”.
OK, it’s a swamp. But it’s so weird and unexpected after the sunny, [...]
18 Mar
Almost everyone has heard of a small Park in California because of the hit album by Irish Rockers U2 called Joshua Tree.
Anton Corbijn photography December 1986 – via Brad Biringer
I’ve been wanting to get here for YEARS.
Best hiking destination in the Park, no doubt in my mind, is Lost Palms Oasis. That’s 7.5mi (12km) return [...]
4 Oct
The Adventure Blog links to a Backpacker Magazine article. And editor Kraig adds some recommendations of his own:
We’re into October now, and that means that Autumn is in the air and soon the green leaves of Summer will give way to the bright reds, oranges, and yellows of Fall. I know that it’s a perfect [...]
8 Sep
Having just returned from hiking wonderful Inyo National Forest, this post caught my eye.
As selected by GORP:
1. Willamette National Forest, OR
2. Inyo National Forest, CA
3. Coconino National Forest, AZ
4. Gunnison National Forest, CO
5. Chequamegon-Nicolet N.F., WI
6. Mark Twain National Forest, MO
7. Pisgah National Forest, NC
8. Allegheny National Forest, PA
9. Green Mountain National Forest, VT
10. White [...]
6 Sep
While acclimatizing to altitude in preparation for an ascent of 14,000ft+ Mt. White in California we spent two days hiking photogenic Ancient Bristlecone Forest – Inyo National Forest – out of Bishop.
The Schulman Grove Visitor Center is situated way up at 10,000ft.
The oldest known live tree in the world is dubbed “Methuselah”. But the exact [...]
10 Aug
Devil’s Club (Oplopanax horridus, Araliaceae) is a large shrub native to the Pacific Northwest coastal forests of North America. Also known as Devil’s Walking Stick, it grows to 1-1.5 m tall normally, however instances exist of it reaching in excess of 5m in rainforest gullies, with the erect stems covered in short, stout spines. …
The [...]
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