i am intrested in seeing and exploring the contenent i live on. probably not for a while i definately want to. so if you are intrested let me know. i would want to go with like minded people. someone with an open mind and common sense. i think it would be fun and a great experience. so please if anyones intrested just let me know.
You should look into hiking the Appalachian Trail. It would be one of the coolest things you could do
www.whiteblaze.com There's probably an accumulated 1,000 years and one million miles of hiking experience there.
Hey man. If you think you might be interested in long-distance hiking, there are three main National Scenic Trails. The Appalachian Trail, or AT, has terminus's in Georgia and Maine. It is approx 2200 miles long through a bunch of eastern states. http://www.n2backpacking.com/maps/long_trails/at/atmap.gif The Continental Divide Trail runs through the Rocky Mountains from Mexico to Canada, through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. Its approx. 2700 to 3000 miles depending on your exact route. This trail is the least completed of the three, but people hike it every year. http://www.cyberhobo.net/img/cdt_map.png The third trail is the Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT. This is approx. 2600 from Mexico to Canada through Cali, Oregon, and Washington. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Pacific_crest_trail_route_overview.png To learn about these trails, Google is good, and each has guidebooks. Here is a good forum for long-distance hiking. www.trailforums.com Also check out Zoomies link to Whiteblaze, 'specialy for the AT... There is no substitute for experience though. No matter what, you should definitely do SOMETHING! There are also smaller trails that you could hike, like the Colorado Trail, The Long Trail, and the John Muir Trail, to get experience and whatnot….
You forgot two: The American Discovery Trail is 6800 miles from the Atlantic Ocean in Deleware to the Pacific Ocean in California. It passes through every kind of ecosystem in the US except the PAC NW rainforests. Desert, mountains, plains, etc. Great way to take a year and see the country. www.discoverytrail.org The Florida Trail is about 1400 miles, fairly flat, passes through every ecosystem in FL and is a great training ground. You can hike it in three month in the Winter, no bugs, no severe heat, few scorpions and rattlesnakes. www.floridatrail.org
PS- Mike is right, listen to the experienced when it comes to gear and stuff but don't blow it out of proportion. Remember, it's only WALKING.
I don't but I'm sure some do. I know of a canoe route across Canada though. Google "canoeing across Canada". It's a pretty popular adventure.
There's the International AT - http://www.canadatrails.ca/hiking/qc/intapp.html and the Great Divide Trail, the Canadian CDT - http://www.rmbooks.com/gdt/history.htm I don't know how complete these trails are compared to their U.S. counter parts, or how many people hike them each year. I bet they'd be awsome to hike though, I'm sure it'd be an adventure of a lifetime!
I don't know when you plan on doing this bro, but I plan on doing some major trekking after I recover from my re constructive knee surgery I'm having on the 23. I want to trek some if not all of the U.S. then perhaps travel through S. America. Still not 100% sure, but I'm 19 and down for anything like this, I also have a friend who may be interested. We're both really chill people, however we live on the west coast.
ok well i want to do it after i save up some money. just post when you think you want to leave and ill work towards that.
I definetly suggest you travel accross canada first. I'm sure where you are in bc, but i suggest you travel bc first!!! It's so beautiful, the most amazing small town up north and into the yukon, communities so beautiful you would never expect them to be just up the road. There are so many free trails and falls to see right in your backyard. Also, if you come through saskatchewan, I'd gladly adopt you for a few days to re-charge the batteries. and perhaps join you to the east coast, if its in september or october. I'm planning on heading to ottawa then mtl and then down to toronto.
Certainly New Hampshire anyway. Vermont's not too bad in that they don't hit you up for access fees, though they do charge you a few bucks if you camp at one of the more popular huts or camp sites in the summer where there's care takers involved. Which brings me to another suggestion that you check out the Long Trail in Vermont, extending between the Northern boarder of MA to Canada, takes about a month end-to-end, and follows a ridge line of mountains the Green Mountains the whole way. Then I noticed you're in BC, which as I understand it is at the heart of God's country. If I were you, I'd explore what you've got locally, then maybe check out the Pacific Crest if you decide to come state side. Also be sure to consider the Olympic Peninsula. You could spend several days in there exploring and camping. The Wonderland trail around Mount Rainier looks pretty cool too.
