Haevichi Resort on Jeju island is pretty posh. One of the finer hotels that’s ever allowed me to check in.
I’m an invited guest of the first World Trails Conference and Walking festival held over the next 3 days. I’ll stay another 6 days to do some hiking.
We’re sharing the resort with the ladies of the European Golf Masters Tournament this weekend.
Click through to besthike.com for my trip report and photos.
I’m off to Postiano for the most famed hike in southern Italy.
I love the redeye charters from North America direct to Europe, arriving early morning. That way you can connect to your final destination arriving same day.
Last year I got to Cortina, Italy in the daylight.
This year to Napoli, Italia just at dusk.
Famed for its cousine, there are only two kinds of restaurants here: pizzerias and non-pizzerias.
I’m here to hike the Amalfi coast.
2010 was the best hiking summer of my life.
Best hike?
The Cirque of the Towers located in the Wind River Range Wyoming …
see the trip report and photos
Hiking in tonight, Wednesday, out of rustic Silverton. Might climb Twilight tomorrow morning, weather permitting.
UPDATE: The downpour started as I set up the tent. It rained all night. Next morning was bleak and overcast. No mountain for me.
My first trip to the biggest volcano in the continental USA.
… Although Mount Rainier is an active volcano, as of 2010 there was no evidence of an imminent eruption. However, an eruption could be devastating for all areas surrounding the volcano …
… a mudflow might also reach down the Duwamish estuary and destroy parts of downtown Seattle, and cause tsunamis in Puget Sound and Lake Washington. According to USGS, about 150,000 people live on top of old lahar deposits of Rainier …
Three trip reports are posted:
• my climb to Camp Muir
• my day hike climb of Burroughs Mountain
• Dave & Jeni’s 94 mile/47,000 feet elevation Wonderland Trail speed hike
Rick McCharles 