Hiking & Trekking
Walking the El Camino De Santiago in the time of Covid
"I think you are not a very good pilgrim," the English expat Ann said to me, over a much needed beer after a long day's walk.
Topping Out
I was only two thirds of the way up to Gokyo Ri’s summit of 17,500 ft, and I was dead tired. It had taken us ten days to trek to Gokyo, the mountain village…
View from the Top of Gokyo Ri 17,500 ft
Curious gorge
Three hours north of Lijiang by bus is one of the deepest gorges in the world. It's called Tiger Leaping Gorge. Legend says that in order to escape from a hu…
Hiking to WenHai
August 26 So it was time to get off the beaten path. Geoff and I hit a traveler's online forum and found that it's possible to hike to a village at the edge…
Five Days on the Santa Cruz
We are three days into a five-day hike out of Huaraz, Peru, the Santa Cruz to Huaripampa to Llanganuco route. It was raining again. Our tent was leaking very badly.
Topping the Andes
Gavin is a New Zealander who came to Villcabamba 20 years ago; before there was a paved road from the provincial capital of Loja. Back then it took 5 hours t…