Trails Around the World

By Trails Around the World by Sky King

Inspiration for adventures that you can undertake yourself, and details on how to accomplish them. Focusing on long distance trails around the world: hiking, water trails (canoe/kayak/sailing), and ot... more

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January 10, 2025 027 Building Outdoor Skills and Experience; My 2024: Everglades Challenge, Maine Coast, and Chesapeake Bay
In Episode 19, Greg Stamer advised me to gain more experience and skills in small boats before joining the Everglades Challenge with my own boat. As I have said to many people: my skills as a hiker are advanced, but my skills in small boats-- especially when it came to cruising or voyaging-- were better characterized as intermediate. Having moved back to the U.S. in 2023, I set out to take Greg’s advice. This episode is about my efforts to acquire more skills and experience, and I hope it can provide good food for thought for those who are interested in long distance trails-- whether on water or on the land-- and are setting out to increase their own skills and experience. #trailsaroundtheworld #skyking #evergladeschallenge #watertribe #dinghy #cruising #sailing #dinghycruising
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43min
March 23, 2024 026 Europe’s GR5 from the North Sea to the Mediterranean with Kathy Elkind and the Zero to Travel podcast
The GR5 (Grand Randonnee Cinq) is a 1400 mile/2300km trail in Europe from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, crossing The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and France. It is a part of the longer E2 European E-Route, and its most famous section is the
Grandes Traversee des Alpes, which runs 400-500 miles/ 650-800km along French-Italian border on the spine of the Alps from Lake Geneva to the Med. It is one of the world’s greatest trails, combining dramatic scenery, wilderness, and history and culture, yet you can complete it without camping a single night and using reasonable accommodation. Thank you to the Zero To Travel podcast and Kathy Elkind for permitting this rebroadcast. The Trails Around the World
podcast is available on most podcast platforms or at
www.trailsaroundtheworld.com.
#trailsaroundtheworld #skyking #gr5 #e2 #grandetraversee #kathyelkind #zerototravel
#towalkitistoseeit #europe #france #hiking #thruhiking
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1h 7min
December 21, 2023 025 Japan’s Michinoku Coastal Trail with Christine Thuermer
The Michinoku Coastal Trail (MCT) is a newly-created long distance
trail on Honshu’s northeast coast in Japan. It has immediately
become one of Christine’s favorites among all of the trails she has
ever hiked, and gave her many new experiences. The MCT’s 1000+ KM
can be thru-hiked, but frequent access to train lines and towns also
make logistics extremely easy, it is ideal for section-hiking. The
coastline is spectacularly beautiful, but this trail’s cultural
value is also very deep. Traveling through the region that was
devastated by Japan’s 2011 tsunami, the MCT is simultaneously a
memorial and an economic revival project. The lack of international
tourism in the region amplifies the opportunities for true personal
and cultural connections and experiences. At the beginning of this
episode, Christine and I spend a good deal of time discussing the
realities of hiking in Japan before we focus on the MCT.
#michinokucoastaltrail
#christinethuermer #christinethurmer
#trailsaroundtheworld #skyking #japan #michinokutrail #michinoku
#tohoku #hiking #thruhiking #tsunami #fukushima
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1h 33min
December 14, 2023 024 Exciting Multihulls for Adventure Races with Vlad
In March 2023, Vladimir Eremeev accomplished a great feat: he was the first person to ever complete the Everglades Challenge in a Pacific Proa, which he designed and built himself. A Pacific Proa has no bow, and uses different concepts to sail than any other boat. Vlad has a history of accomplishing great things in unorthodox boats. Join us as he explains what led him to these boats and how he has done it.
#evergladeschallenge #raid #adventurerace #trailsaroundtheworld #skyking #pacificproa
#proa #catamaran #multihull
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1h 25min
November 14, 2023 023 Japan’s Kumano Kodo: The Kohechi with Matt and Chris
Japan’s Kumano Kodo is a 1300-year-old network of sacred pilgrimage routes through remote mountains and along a beautiful coastline. The Kumano Kodo’s sacred sites and pilgrimage routes in the Kii Mountain Range are registered with UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The Kohechi is the second most remote and most difficult of the Kumano Kodo’s routes. Although it passes through remote, sacred mountains, the Kohechi is still accessible by public transportation and one can stay in pleasant lodges every night. The Kohechi takes 4 days or less to complete. All of the Kumano Kodo’s routes are extraordinary ways to travel deep into Japan’s traditions and history while experiencing it’s mysterious mountains and exotic
geography. Sky King is joined by Matt Malcomson, with whom he hiked the route. Check it out on the latest podcast episode of Trails
Around the World, available on most podcast platforms or at
www.trailsaroundtheworld.com.
#kumanokodo #kohechi #trailsaroundtheworld #skyking #thruhike #hiking #hikingjapan #thruhiking #hikejapan #japan #pilgrimage
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52min
July 04, 2023 022b 2023 Summer Hiatus
The Trails Around the World podcast will be on hiatus this summer. I am already working on new episodes, and I will return in the Fall.
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2min
April 24, 2023 022 The Haute Route Pyrenees between France and Spain with Enigma
The Haute Route Pyrenees (HRP) runs along the spine of the
less-crowded of Western Europe’s two major mountain ranges, between
France and Spain. Stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the
Mediterranean Sea, the HRP is one of three long distance trails
traversing this range, with the GR10 and GR11 providing less
challenging alternatives with their own charms. With spectacular
vistas, deep history, and ancient villages along the whole route,
this is a trail that speaks to my soul.
#trailsaroundtheworld #skyking #thruhiking #enigma #pyrenees #hauteroutepyrenees #GR10 #GR11 #dill.on.dice
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1h 59min
February 09, 2023 021 Winter Thruhikes on Warm Islands with Christine Thuermer: Crete and the Canary Islands
Southern islands have long distance trails that can be hiked during the winter. Christine Thuermer describes hiking on Crete and the Canary Islands during the winter season. Both have stunning scenery as well as beautiful beaches.
#christinethuermer #christinethurmer #trailsaroundtheworld #skyking #crete #hiking #canaryislands #winterhiking #thruhiking #wintervacation
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1h 20min
October 31, 2022 020 Canada’s Canol Heritage Trail with J.R. Harris. Spectacular scenery, wildlife, history, and challenge through 350km of remote Canadian wilderness.
The Northwest Territories’ Canol Heritage Trail has spectacular scenery and wildlife, as well as interesting historical significance. 220 miles/350 kilometers long, it takes about 3 weeks to hike, and is the most remote and challenging long distance hiking trail that this podcast has ever discussed. It is normally accessed by bush plane. J. Robert Harris hiked this trail in 1997, and wrote about it in his book “Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker”. Check it out on the latest podcast episode of Trails Around the World, available on most podcast platforms or at www.trailsaroundtheworld.com.
#jrinthewilderness #jrharris #brokenboexpeditions #wayoutthere #trailsaroundtheworld #skyking #canolheritagetrail #hiking #northwestterritories #thruhiking
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1h 50min
June 20, 2022 019 Kayak circumnavigations of Iceland and Newfoundland by Greg Stamer. How to prepare for expeditions/adventures and make them a part of your life.
Greg Stamer circumnavigated Iceland and Newfoundland by Kayak, and has succeeded expeditions and adventures in his life. We discuss his expeditions, how he fits adventure into his life, and how one prepares for such expeditions and adventures.
#GregStamer #Kayaking#trailsaroundtheworld #skyking #Iceland #Newfoundland #paddling #circumnavigation
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1h 32min

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