Category: Long-Distance Hiking Trails
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The HiiKER Podcast w/ Tough Soles – Season 1 – Episode 9
Ellie and Carl (a.k.a. Tough Soles) are a couple from Ireland that decided one day to hike every waymarked trail in Ireland. While this number tends to change each year (trails closing, opening and changing in distance) they completed over 4,000km of Hiking. In addition, they only used public transport to get to each trail…
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The HiiKER Podcast w/ Elina Obsorne – Season 1 – Episode 8
If you have yet to watch Elina’s beautiful documentary “It is the People” and the subsequent series about her journey along the Pacific crest trail, go watch it now! Elina is a visual storyteller from Auckland, New Zealand. Her unique style of videography gives you the feeling that you are hiking the trail with her.…
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California, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, Pacific Crest Trail, Podcast, Thru-hike, uk, United Kingdom
The HiiKER Podcast w/ Impala – Season 1 – Episode 7
Impala has one hell of a track record on the trail! Having completed monster trails like the PCT, the Appalachian trail, the Te Araroa and over 1000 miles of the Continental divide trail, he has only just begun! In 2021 he inspired so many people to join him on the End to End trail in…
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The HiiKER Podcast w/ Mel McDermott – Season 1 – Episode 6
Mel is the founder of Galz Gone Wild – an all women hiking and adventure group based in Ireland. Mel and Eoin go way back, so the format of this episode is a little more…. relaxed! They talk about many subjects related to hiking – including Mental health, women in the outdoors and some of…
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The HiiKER Podcast w/ Abbie Barnes – Season 1 – Episode 5
Abbie Barnes is a non-stop adventurer. Between Alpine adventures, she chats with Eoin about her extensive hiking CV. Completing trails such as the Tour du Mont Blanc, The West Highland Way, The Coast to Coast trail and recently the Malerweg trail in Germany.
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Food on the West Highland Way
With strange names like Cullen Skink, Clootie Pudding, Cranachan and Skirlie you could be forgiven for thinking the menu at the local bar is written in a foreign language. But no, these are Scottish delicacies that you may be offered if you are lucky enough to walk into a cafe or restaurant that caters for…
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John Muir and The John Muir Way
On an intersection of the West Highland Way there is an intersection with the John Muir Way. Not only is the John Muir Way a remarkable trip in its own right, but it is named in honour of Scotland’s foremost naturalist, environmentalist, and maverick, John Muir. Born in Dunbar, Scotland on April 21st, 1838. Muir…
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The Tour of Mont Blanc
With hiking becoming more and more popular and new trails springing up all the time, deciding which one to choose from has never been more difficult, especially if you are a procrastinator, like myself! Yet one of the most popular treks, usually right up there, in the ‘top hikes of the world’ lists is fairly…
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Wen Hike? Travel around the world in 2021
This is a brief overview of restrictions on traveling and hiking around the world.
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The UK’s real thru-hike: End to End Trail
Discover the UK’s true thru-hike, the End to End trail. Hike almost 2000 km from the southwest coast of England to the northeast of Scotland. HiiKER has a full guide to the trail as well as offline maps to help you plan and navigate your end-to-end thru-hike
