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- E P I C H I K E S O F T H E W O R L D -THE LONG (AND WINDING) TRAILRunning the length of Vermont’s Green Mountains and with 185 miles(3ookm) of side trails, America’s oldest long-distance walking trailshowcases the diverse beauty of northern New England.
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CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONAFRICACape Town
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INTRODUCTIONWhy do we hike? To exer
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- E P I C H I K E S O F T H E W O R
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but for mere mortals, the hikes are
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the city it resides in, is notoriou
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Ian Lenehan | 500pxelephants on the
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and enormous from the Tanzanian pla
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packing and repacking, a big breakf
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the mountain, falling into a steady
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What does hyena smell like?My Zambi
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control officer in Northern Rhodesi
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For geologists, there’s no place
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where the intricacies of Kaibab lim
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standing on the edge of one of Amer
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steps of the mules that were employ
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Distance // 10 miles (16km)More inf
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winter snow settles on the spectacu
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If there’s one thing you learn hi
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Lago Scottsberg, over the wild cree
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areas of the Patagonian Andes where
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At first glance, Boston Common does
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in the Boston Tea Party of 1773 in
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BLACK HERITAGE TRAILAnother fascina
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and a chill descends over the valle
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Distance // 40 miles (65km)More inf
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© Simply Fuji san | 500pxNachi Tai
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Sometimes, trail maps prove wrong.
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Tacha Gompa, a lonely Buddhist mona
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Later the skies darken beneath a ba
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the route. At Nimaling there’s no
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around Yuksom that are, perhaps iro
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We spent the first night of our tre
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ORIENTATIONStart // MamasaEnd // Po
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This three-day trek leads hikers pa
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Mt Kailash (24,980ft, 6714m) rises
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Chuku Monastery, one of several tha
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prayer flags. Snow-streaked granite
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primarily concerned with spiritual
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Rewind four days and our excitement
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marvelling at other-worldly views:
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WŬDĀNG SHĀNThe apocryphal birthp
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Here you are reading Epic Hikes of
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Reading this, you probably don’t
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rockier, then the shrubs start to t
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moment.Gŭběikōu, these days a qu
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magical, first-light, wall-top hiki
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It’s 5am and I’m standing atop
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Steps. Endless, slippery, winding s
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and other pollinating insects to it
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Later, I creep down creaking stairs
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Seawater. A glint off a wave, a shi
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Distance // 397 miles (640km)© Meg
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Kaleköy promised to be well worth
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As much as history, the trail’s a
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firma.© Sevdin | Shutterstockrocky
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do? We go old-school and use our fe
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ORIENTATIONStart // BomeranoEnd //
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TRAIL OF THE FOUR BEACHES, PUGLIATh
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3031ft (924m) ‘Electric Mountain
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On the Alpine slopes above Engelber
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narrow abyss of the Lauterbrunnen V
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hike the route July to September.Wh
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limestone peaks scarred by the elem
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the rocky path to DeiàWell rested,
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TIME AND TIDESo you fancy tagging o
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finest scenery on earth. You’ll s
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catering for office workers and tou
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Start // Tower Hill Underground sta
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along the way.Start/End // Ginkaku-
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wonderful respite at Cala Luna beac
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in the smoky glow. It’s a movingl
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Georgia it’s unthinkable to refus
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Distance // 47 miles (75km) from Om
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Start // LandmannalaugarEnd // Skó
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dramatic Hornbjarg cliffs at the Ho
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Tstealing someone’s sandwich. Esp
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We walk down a lane between grey sl
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ORIENTATIONStart/End // Stock Lane
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Distance // 20 miles (32.2km)© Kim
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It was still dark when the smell of
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hardcore adrenaline. But the trail
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the scallop shell is the symbol of
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Start // The full Camino Francés r
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greeted by an Iberian goatCALDERA D
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frosted glass. The only sounds are
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I pass a couple of wild campers, an
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ORIENTATIONStart/End // SkjeggedalD
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It takes around five minutes to dri
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Francigena crossed on their way fro
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never been locked.“The A-listers
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essential kitAnd beside it is a vas
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Start/End // Gran Paradiso National
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summits dotted around the country a
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‘Hold on, let’s take a bearing
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Tand four-slide mega-swimming pool,
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A mix of the tall Catalan and round
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solid weeks of moderately challengi
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Triberg waterfalls© Riccardo Spila
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Start // PforzheimEnd // BaselDista
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thick stands of beech trees swathed
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I’ve been a bit of a bridge geek
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Sydney Harbour is part of a larger
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Where to stay // If you plan on sta
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Distance // 12.4 miles (20km) or mo
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AAt first all I hear is the leafy s
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Holland honeyeaters feasting on the
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ORIENTATIONStart/End // Portland -
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Track is an accessible introduction
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Through scrub and forest scented wi
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the rickety bridge to Eora Creek“
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and our real lives. RSFLY-BYS ON PA
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If the huge piece of driftwood hadn
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walking the beaches of Abel TasmanT
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CAUSEWAY COAST WAY, NORTHERN IRELAN
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In the crisp, still dawn, golden su
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peaks in a leisurely five-day high-
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late-afternoon sun, all is still, e
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heralds the Kosciuszko Main Range,
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brush-turkeys. But unless you have
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influence on the landscapes of the
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cliff edges. A couple of exciting h
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