Via Dinarica White Trail Hike 2017. I first read about this new trail in Outside magazine, where they called it the “Best New Trail of 2014” Well, not only did I like hiking, but I especially like new trails and had always dreamed about an exciting way to see eastern Europe and the former Yugoslavia.Continue reading “Via Dinarica White Trail 2017 Part 1: Slovenia & Croatia”
Category Archives: Hiking
Back to blogging about some good hill walks in southern Phuket.
Haven’t written for quite some time. (I see it’s been over 2 years! Ouch!) That doesn’t mean I haven’t been walking. I did go on a 1263km hike this past summer with my friend Ray “Wall” Greenlaw in the Balkan peninsula: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania I will write that up soon. But thisContinue reading “Back to blogging about some good hill walks in southern Phuket.”
Back in the Jungle, near Chaeng Talay.
It’s been a while but since completing the 5 1/2 year project of routing a trail through the high points of the island of Phuket, I hadn’t been up in the jungles for a while. And I missed it. Here is the blog post that describes the final year or two of finishing thatContinue reading “Back in the Jungle, near Chaeng Talay.”
Trekking in Nepal-Annapurna Video and More!
I’ve been to Nepal 6 or 7 times and have written about some of those treks in past posts on here. However, the last time I was there, we made a video, or documentary if you will, of that trip. We not only did the Annapurna circuit, but we also deviated from that trek nearContinue reading “Trekking in Nepal-Annapurna Video and More!”
5 km Nature trail between Bang Pae waterfall and Ton Sai waterfall.
After reading in the newspaper a few weeks ago about a German couple who had to be rescued, along with their guide, from their hike between Bang Pae waterfall and Ton Sai waterfall, I figured it’s about time I go complete this trail and see how hard it is to follow. I’ve been up inContinue reading “5 km Nature trail between Bang Pae waterfall and Ton Sai waterfall.”
Back to the high route trail of Phuket after a year off.
Feb 26, 2012 OK, was back out there two days ago and once again, this trail is just tough. I don’t mind that I’m now in the most remote part of the whole island (just south-east of the airport in the high mountains to the east driving up), and it now takes me 2 hoursContinue reading “Back to the high route trail of Phuket after a year off.”
Logs from Appalacian Trail portion of our Triple Crown in One Year attempt 2001/2002
Since many people ask me about this trip that we did 8 years ago in the USA’s 3 longest hiking trails, here are our journal entries for the first leg of that journey: The Appalacian Trail. We started out from Mt. Katahdin in Maine (northern terminus of the AT) on Oct 14, 2001 and finishedContinue reading “Logs from Appalacian Trail portion of our Triple Crown in One Year attempt 2001/2002”
Rate Your Hiking Ability
Ok, I’ve been thinking about this for a while and finally got it finished. I invited a few of my more experienced hiking friends to help out and we made some changes to this final rendition. This quiz if for experienced hikers. I say that because if you don’t have more than a few hundredContinue reading “Rate Your Hiking Ability”
Phuket High Trail Heroines’ Monument to Kathu
March 10, 2009 Well today i went out and had probaby my toughest day yet. I am getting further and further away from home (Rawai) and have to drive about 40 minutes now to start. I went out for 2 days on the motorbike looking for an easier way into where i had leftContinue reading “Phuket High Trail Heroines’ Monument to Kathu”
Highest Point in Phuket
Being a Geography buff, and living in Phuket, I see as much of this beautiful island as I can. Did a little research and saw that Mai Thao Sip Song Mountain was the highest point on the island. It is the one just east of Patong and west of Wat Chalong with the big golf ballContinue reading “Highest Point in Phuket”