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A six day trek to Nangi, Ramche, Mohare, and more just out side of the Annapurna park. We decided on this local village trek rather than the more touristy Annapurna Base Camp or Poon Hill treks. We only saw a few other tourists and we had a great time meeting local families at homestays and [...]  I’m in Nepal right now and it is amazing. I spent about 10 days trekking with friends in the Annapurna area and now I’m in Kathmandu for one more week. We decided to forgo the tourist treks to Annapurna base camp and instead visited a handful of small villages to get the real, local experience. [...] Dec 4 3:00 EL Calafate Currently I am sitting in front of the laundry place waiting for it to open. Two shirts was not quite enough for three weeks of travel and hiking. Yesterday we went to see the Perito Moreno glacier and it was pretty incredible. We started with the boat ride and I [...] Nov 26 8:00 Tourism Zaahj bus to Calafate The Tourism Zaahj bus is very comfortable, clean and new. It costs 11,000 Chilean pesos and is filled with people who are much more mature than I am. On the trail and in the youth hostels I am surrounded by people like me: mostly young, travelling through [...] Nov 19 23:30 Punta Arenas I am now sitting in a youth hostel wondering how I came to be at the bottom of Chile. Tomorrow I will try to go see some penguins, but I’m not sure what I will do with the rest of my time here. I am actually now wondering why I [...]
This overnight trek made me rethink my backpacking strategy. It was the most intense and difficult trek I have ever done. My typical heavy-bag-power-on-till-the-end-without-taking-a-break strategy ended with me not feeling so hot when I reached the campsite. It was about a 3800 ft ascent in 3.5 hours, and only 2 [...]
I found out that Northern California’s largest state park, the Henry W. Coe State Park, is only an hour away from me. I decided to check it out and test out my new boots with an overnight backpacking trip to Los Cruzeros. The hike in was easy, but the hike back was [...] I went out to Castle Rock state park for an overnight backpacking trip with my friends Chris and Devin. The hike was pretty easy after the Kalalau Trail in Kauai. It was also a lot colder at night. The wind was so strong that clouds seemed to be moving 100 miles per hour. The [...] The Kalalau Trail was my most intense hike so far. The elevation changes were pretty intense, and our packs were pretty heavy. We were pretty lucky though, because it wasn’t too hot, and when it rained, it was only a mist that cooled us off nicely. On the trail we met an awesome guy [...] So Mr. Falknor and I decided that we needed to summit Mt. Shasta, and prior to that we needed to do some training. Our first training exercise was a 25 mile overnight hike from Big Basin State Park to the ocean and back. It was good practice, and we learned a lot of useful [...] |
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