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Backpacking Through Europe - Articles
Backpacking Across Europe
by
The Apron Queen
Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 4:25pm
One of the items on My Bucket List was to backpack across Europe. I think it is safe to say that I can mark this item off my list.
OK, so that isn't what most people think of when backpacking across Europe. But, its how we did it. We were stationed in Vicenza, Italy from 1993 to 1996. That's me with Drama Queen in the backpack touring Rome
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After college I backpacked Europ...
by
Sara M.
Posted
Sat 23 Aug 2008 8:14pm
After college I backpacked Europe with a good friend of mine. We spent two blissful months touring England, France, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Spain, and Italy. We and all the people we met on that trip managed to cultivate enough dating tales to fill this lovely blog for the next couple of months. A lot of them I’ve
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need insurance to hike Europe?
by
Rick McCharles
Posted
Wed 30 Sep 2009 10:57pm
out-of-country. Most policies allow trekking, but do not cover climbing nor mountaineering. Double check your coverage.
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On a related issue, posted in Gadling – Should...:
… Aussie tourist took an unlucky fall off a steep mountain track in India and ended up paralyzed in a hospital in New Delhi. And yes, you guessed it, this guy was traveling without
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need insurance to hike Europe?
by
Rick McCharles
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:02pm
Nightmare For Aussie Man In India
You must buy travel insurance if hiking out-of-country. Most policies allow trekking, but do not cover climbing nor mountaineering. Double check... out-of-country. Most policies allow trekking, but do not cover climbing nor mountaineering. Double check your coverage.
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On a related issue, posted in Gadling – Should
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Corsica’s GR20 the toughest hike in Europe?
by
Rick McCharles
Posted
Thu 15 Sep 2011 12:00am
by site editor Rick McCharles
I hiked half the GR20 in June trip report coming soon and can confirm it’s bloody tough.
Guidebook author Kev Reynolds calls the GR20 high-level route across Corsica one of the toughest 3 treks in Western Europe.
GR stands for Grande Randonnée, which means big excursion in French. It is a network
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self-guided hiking in Europe
by
Rick McCharles
Posted
Wed 10 Mar 2010 12:00am
self-guided hiking itineraries with an opportunity to view two legs of the Tour de France as it passes through the Pyrenees. During this anniversary year of the Tour de France...
Last summer in Europe I met many hikers on “self-guided” trips. That concept is very popular there, not so much anywhere else.
Here’s how it works.
You hire a company
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Backpacker – top 10 CLASSIC hikes
by
Rick McCharles
Posted
Fri 27 May 2011 12:00am
A pretty good list.
The Perfect Circle: Hiking the Annapurna Circuit
Chile’s Torres del Paine Circuit
Corsica’s GR 20
Peru’s Inca Trail to Machu...
Compare that line-up with our own top 10 .
I’m headed for the GR20 myself this summer. Independently.
Europe’s toughest trek. That’s the reputation of the GR 20
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Travelling Europe
by
Lian
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:40pm
Here is another blog entry about travelling. Many people I know love to travel around Europe. I remember uni friends who would save up money to backpack Europe during summer vacations or after graduation. My golf travels only took me to Europe once. I was priviledged to visit Belgium. It was a really good experience for me and I realized why
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Backpacker – America’s best kept secret hikes
by
Rick McCharles
Posted
Thu 18 Aug 2011 12:00am
Backpacker Magazine:
The only thing better than enjoying the life-list scenery in the country’s premier national parks? Getting that same scenery, minus the crowds.
EAGLES NEST WILDERNESS , CO
LINVILLE GORGE WILDERNESS , NC
EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS , OR
WHITE CLOUD MOUNTAINS , ID
LAKE CHELAN-SAWTOOTH WILDERNESS , WA
JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS
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Mountain Hardwear Fluid 26 Backpack Review
by
Donald
Posted
Fri 08 Jul 2011 12:25am
bigger packs? I need more space to carry all this stuff.
Mountain Hardwear Fluid 26 backpack
He and I, along with everyone else in our group, were wearing... hikes, these packs work just fine, but my father in law was right: sometimes, you need a lot more space. For those occasions, day packs like the Mountain Hardware Fluid 26 would
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