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Fifty places to hike before you die : outdoor experts share the world's greatest destinations / Chris Santella ; foreword by Bob Peixotto.

by Santella, Chris.

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Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2010.

Voyages and travels.

Hiking -- Guidebooks.

Walking -- Guidebooks.

Alternate title:

50 places to hike before you die

223 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes a spectrum of hikes recommended by National Park Service supervisors, mountaineers, wildlife biologists, and other travel experts as well as "if you go" information to act as a starting point for planning a trip to each destination. In addition to many hikes in the U.S. (particularly in national parks) are recommendations for hikes in Alberta's Banff National Park; Southern Patagonia in Argentina; the Overland Track in Australia/Tasmania; Lunana Snowman Trek in Bhutan; Kalahari Desert in Botswana; The Three Gorges in China; Colombia's Lost City; the Vanoise National Park (Alps) and Pays Basque areas of France; Yr Wyddfa, Scafell, and Ben Nevis in Great Britain; Torfajokull in Iceland; Italy's Amalfi Coast; Japan's Nakasendo Trail; Mexico's El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve; the High Atlas of Morocco; Namibia's Naukluft Trail; the Annapurna Sanctuary in Nepal; the Milford and Routeburn Tracks of New Zealand-Queenstown; Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Highlands; the Al Hajar, Oman; Pakistan's Snow Lake; Peru's Inca Trail; Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda; Mount Triglav in Slovenia; Sweden's King's Trail; Switzerland's Haute Route; Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro; the Kangshung Valley and Lhasa in Tibet; and Turkey's Lycian Coast.

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