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The Best Walks in the Mourne Mountains
But for all that I found there I might as well be Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea. -William Percy French The Mourne mountains, the jewels of County Down that ‘sweep down to the sea’ hugs the Irish coastline in a compact region designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural…
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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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HiiKER short trails (Ireland only)
So we are trying something new.. You may have noticed that the number of trails we have (particularly in Ireland) has increased a good bit in the last few weeks. Not only is this the fantastic work by Malika and our trail production team, but it’s also a trial to see how our users experience…
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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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Hiiker and the South West Coast Path
The blueprint of collaboration between Hiking apps and Trail organisations No one could deny that the past year or so has been a difficult and rather challenging time, not the bone weary, legs aching, blistered feet, soaked through, wanna give up and go home type of challenge but more of a retrospective, reflective and mental…
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5 Photography Essentials for Your Next Outdoor Trip
Thanks to the pandemic, many of us have been stuck indoors for the past months (or year!). And for those of us who live and breathe the outdoors, this can be exceptionally challenging when our views are limited to concrete and our house’s four walls. But while traveling to far off places may not be…
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The Hiiker Podcast
Season 2 Episode 1: Rue McKenrick Rue McKenrick is a professional backpacker from the USA and is the founder of the American Perimeter Trail – a trail-in-progress that circumnavigates the USA. The project is much more than a hiking trail as it is an effort to create a conservation corridor around the country. While it…
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Measurement Tool on Hiiker.app
Below is a briefly explains how to measure distances along the trail on Hiiker. To measure distances on the mobile apps, go here. 1. Enable Measurement Mode 2. Click any two places along the trail 3. Move the markers by clicking and dragging 4. Note, the elevation profile also updates to show just the selected…
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The Hiiker Podcast – Episode 4 – Kraig Adams
Kraig Adams is a film maker, adventurer and minimalist. His YouTube channel has exploded in the last couple of years with people flocking to see his incredible and inspiring videos of hiking trails from all over the world. Eoin caught up with Kraig in the latest episode of the podcast to chat about his adventures…
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Hiiker Features: Elina Osborne (a.k.a Tip Tap)
If you haven’t heard of Elina by now, you are in for a treat. The kiwi native documented her adventure along the Pacific crest trail in 2019. And the result is one of the most inspiring hiking films (and mini-series) we have ever seen. “It is the people” is not just an insight into the…
