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© Galyna Andrushko | ShutterstockGlastonbury Tor, place of legends
- E P I C H I K E S O F T H E W O R L D -HUÁNGSHĀNLike exploring the landscape of a Chinese painting, a hike up Ānhuī’siconic mountain brings wizened peaks and mist-shrouded intrigue, butwatch out for those jelly legs!
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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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© Eric Reitsma | 500pxwildebeest m
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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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© sylvain cordier | Gettytrekking
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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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More info // visitsanantonio.comBAR
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© Josh McCulloch | GettyJasper mou
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and a chill descends over the valle
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© Mark C Stevens | Gettythe Skylin
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© Justin Foulkes | Lonely PlanetHo
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© Radius Images | Alamyblack bears
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It is dawn, and I’m nervous. ‘J
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© Christa Brunt | Gettycloud shrou
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© Riderfoot | Shutterstockthe full
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ORIENTATIONStart/End // Concepción
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MT WASHBURN AND SEVENMILE HOLE, YEL
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© Min Chiu | Shutterstocktackling
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ORIENTATIONStart // Southern Termin
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© Ken L Howard | AlamyFlorida’s
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© Roy LANGSTAFF | Alamythe helicop
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© Ken L Howard | Alamybackcountry
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scaling sheer rock wallsThe helicop
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a group sets off to explore the icy
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Rambling along the bumpy road from
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© Alex Robinson | Gettyon the trai
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sister, Machu Picchu, with a temple
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path is clearly marked and there ar
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Distance // 5 miles (8km)EL MIRADOR
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Before the Appalachian Trail, the P
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boulders to reach the summit near d
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When to go // June to October.Where
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JOHN MUIR TRAILJohn Muir is somethi
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© Adam Carson | Gettyit is home to
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In a state that is famous for the b
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alder leaves.Inland, a side trip le
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© Aurora Photos | Alamybackpackers
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© Matt Munro | Lonely Planetbeneat
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Page 238 and 239: My uncle and I step gingerly out of
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© Yves ANDRE | Gettya trail of cli
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© R.M. Nunes | Shutterstocka hiker
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Start/End // Timpohon GateDistance
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© aphotostory | Shutterstockdawn b
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Sunset. First it is a fading yellow
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THE VALLUMAlong several portions of
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© Emma ShawCosta Rica’s Arenal v
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© Mark Read | Lonely Planetsurveyi
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scenery. Good examples include Feth
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ORIENTATIONStart // Ovacık (betwee
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The limestone crags of the Monti La
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It’s a mountain…it can’t just
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(one of the UK’s favourite routes
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TEN TORS, DARTMOORDartmoor is a sli
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section, walking through and past s
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acknowledged along the trail. Near
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© Justin Foulkes | 4Cornersan ibex
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Long brushed aside as being a cheap
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© Vulcano | Shutterstockthe villag
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a Mallorcan home
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de Lluc, where I pause to glimpse t
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donkeys nibble at a dry-stone wallT
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End // TréguierDistance // 36 mile
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Ihear you: surely Lonely Planet is
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But views aren’t everything. What
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flows swift. You notice the traffic
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Monument, was the world’s tallest
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‘This land resembles no other pla
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the coast, with the hush of the sea
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bay round, Cala Luna. As I reach th
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HALF DOME, USAYosemite National Par
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later discover. Clear rolling paths
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KOSHKEBI TOWER HOUSESMany Tushetian
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JANAPAR TRAIL, ARMENIAThe Caucasus
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Want to hear every guide’s favour
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Burning Man fuelled by weariness an
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© Joe Daniel Price | GettyGrasmere
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every gust. The wall drips with mos
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Dove Cottage, once home to William
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Macedonia. Regardless of where you
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“Recent tourism trends are for
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he looked back over his shoulder.
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More info // www.nationalparks.fi;
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Wthis very region that I vowed to s
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Sometime in the early afternoon I w
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the trail passes through town as we
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exception. From the trailhead at Sk
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up and over the borderHowever, ther
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a guide points the wayPacking a san
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More info // www.alpinerecreation.c
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The Devil may have all the best tun
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along the tarmac to pick up our car
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Before long we stepped out from the
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time we reached our end point at th
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Early morning and the Black Forest
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strolling on the WestwegPforzheim i
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half-timbered village of Hausach hu
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Alate morning sun appears and disap
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crossing a walk bridge on the Route
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New Zealand is home to some 550 spe
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a giant sculpture of a takahē stal
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skyscrapers. Crossing the bridge, w
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In quick succession we zip across t
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© Sandy Goddardthe winding Glenelg
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ANCIENT LANDSCAPEAs you walk throug
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© Givenworks | GettySealers Cove
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The welcoming committee on the Thre
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and east to the hump of Arthur’s
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THE LONELIEST LIGHTHOUSEAtop Tasman
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Hobart.Tours // Currently, the trek
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Part-way up the biggest incline on
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© Ryan Stuartthe trek leader looks
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more relaxed pace on the track allo
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KAYAKING THE COAST TRACKThe Coast T
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gear, and a mask and snorkel.
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© FiledIMAGE | ShutterstockMt Feat
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clearing. Echoes of long-gone mount
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High Plains, cross Big River and fi
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of Tragoss via Jassing and the Grü
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Aglossy blue-black bird is assiduou
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© Robin Bartondeep in the woods of
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Australia’s third-most venomous r
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CATCH SOME NIGHTLIFEThe wildlife-wa
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Distance // 20 miles (32km)More inf
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It looks like any other forested pa
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vertebrae, most of which I have to
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this hill.Before a tramway was buil
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GR34, FRANCEIf too many lighthouses
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