Fifty Places to Hike Before you die : : Outdoor Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations
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Includes a spectrum of hikes recommended by National Park Service supervisors, mountaineers, wildlife biologists, and other travel experts as well as "if you go" information to act as a starting point for planning a trip to each destination. In addition to many hikes in the U.S. (particularly in national parks) are recommendations for hikes in Alberta's Banff National Park; Southern Patagonia in Argentina; the Overland Track in Australia/Tasmania; Lunana Snowman Trek in Bhutan; Kalahari Desert in Botswana; The Three Gorges in China; Colombia's Lost City; the Vanoise National Park (Alps) and Pays Basque areas of France; Yr Wyddfa, Scafell, and Ben Nevis in Great Britain; Torfajokull in Iceland; Italy's Amalfi Coast; Japan's Nakasendo Trail; Mexico's El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve; the High Atlas of Morocco; Namibia's Naukluft Trail; the Annapurna Sanctuary in Nepal; the Milford and Routeburn Tracks of New Zealand-Queenstown; Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Highlands; the Al Hajar, Oman; Pakistan's Snow Lake; Peru's Inca Trail; Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda; Mount Triglav in Slovenia; Sweden's King's Trail; Switzerland's Haute Route; Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro; the Kangshung Valley and Lhasa in Tibet; and Turkey's Lycian Coast.
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Pie in the sky
submitted by tbbrown76 on July 11, 2018, 11:22am
I'd have to win the lottery. But, it's fun to dream and read about these hikes. I may try a couple of them.
Tom
great submitted by .-.-.-. on July 12, 2018, 6:49pm Great book about where to take good hikes
Fifty Places to Hike Before you die : : Outdoor Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations submitted by kevinhe on July 15, 2019, 2:44pm Thanks for sharing this great information on where to spend the time outdoors. will try to visit this places in the future.
SERIES
Fifty places series.
PUBLISHED
New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 223 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781584798538
158479853X
SUBJECTS
Hiking -- Guidebooks.
Walking -- Guidebooks.
National parks and reserves -- Description and travel.