LOVE the AT, but I also need something more adventurous? Recommendations?

[fiddlehead]

Originally posted by Fiddlehead

That seems pretty expensive to me!!

Been to Nepal 8 times.
Never spent more than $2k including airfare.
That price is for tourists, not travelers.
If you don't know the difference, then i guess you'll have to pay it.

[fiddlehead]

[QUOTE=ShelterLeopard;933557


Really? Are you serious? That'd be cool... It only cost you a bit over $200??? Did you go Northeast, or southeast? How long did it take? (Both ways)



Ummm.... maybe next time...[/QUOTE]

The best way to see the real Nepal people and culture is to take the bus to Jiri and hike to base camp and Kala Pattar from there.
The bus should cost you less than $20.
Guest houses are usually less than a dollar.

Many people fly into Lukla but that is all touristy and not the real thing. They'll have chocolate cake and coke at the guesthouses and that's nothing like Nepali food.

PM me if you need to know more.

[ShelterLeopard]

Indeed.

His liberal views and progressive attitude towards women and minorities make him a wonderful travel companion from what I understand.

And you'll never lack for toilet paper, too.

No no, Matthewski- (his post was right above, so I thought someone meant him.) I'd love to hike with Minnesota Smith!

[ShelterLeopard]

I looked into doing the Camino when I went to Spain a couple years ago. My recollection is that in winter most of the hostels (alburgues?) are closed which makes the whole trip harder (camping like on US trails may seldom be possible). In the peak of summer, it is crowded and tourist filled. Maybe you can time it be in between, things open but not huge numbers of tourists. There are lots of web sites about it and at least one forum.
--Walter (aka snowleopard)

No, I wouldn't do it in winter (hike from town to town in Switzerland, maybe... sounds so nice) but probably in the early fall/late spring. I have a friend who owns/runs a language school at the western terminus of the path, and I might take a week/two week language course before I go.

[Darwin again]

Need more adventure, try a GIRLFRIEND.

[ShelterLeopard]

Okay, who here wants to be my girlfriend? (Candlelit Korr's pasta dinners...)

[sofaking]

Okay, who here wants to be my girlfriend? (Candlelit Korr's pasta dinners...)

sweet, sweet sapphic love...

[Old Grouse]

Well I must say. you DO seem interesting, ShLep!

[jjohn06]

A thru-hike of the Superior hiking Trail in winter would be pretty wild.

[ShelterLeopard]

sweet, sweet sapphic love...

The message you have entered is too short.

[Mags]

I'd love to hike with Minnesota Smith!

He's a peach...

[Trailbender]

Just make sure you practice your survival skills, firestarting with a firesteel, using wet wood in a fire, using a bowdrill, trapping, edible plants, ect. Anyone who spends time in the woods should know at least a minimal amount of this stuff.

[Chaco Taco]

Just make sure you practice your survival skills, firestarting with a firesteel, using wet wood in a fire, using a bowdrill, trapping, edible plants, ect. Anyone who spends time in the woods should know at least a minimal amount of this stuff.

LMFAO

[Two Speed]

Taken a bunch of those courses. What I learned is don't lose the friggin' BIC.

[Chaco Taco]

Just make sure you practice your survival skills, firestarting with a firesteel, using wet wood in a fire, using a bowdrill, trapping, edible plants, ect. Anyone who spends time in the woods should know at least a minimal amount of this stuff.

oand running necked through the woods to scare off locals

[ShelterLeopard]

Oh, I thought people did that to attract the locals...

[The Weasel]

oand running necked through the woods to scare off locals

Oh, I thought people did that to attract the locals...

Which one happens depends a lot on what the locals are like, and what you are like.

TW

[THEmapMAKER]

Here is an adventure for you: the Long Range Traverse or the North Rim Traverse located in Newfoundland, Canada. There is no trail, just a starting point and an ending point. You have to get to the starting point by boat. The rangers won't even give you a permit until you pass a map and compass test. The rangers also make you carry some sort of location device. That way they know where to look when you don't return.

[harryfred]

Do what I did; join the Navy. Although I thnk they might have overstated the adventure part. I did have a good time and some of them I can even remember.

[Chaco Taco]

Which one happens depends a lot on what the locals are like, and what you are like.

TW

There is a reason why I got the name Chaco