[pct-l] famous hiking trails

[calliger@infolane.com (Richard Calliger)]

Perhaps we should chagne the category to the Top 10 (or 50 or 100)
trails in the World...like the top 1- waterfalls aroudn the
world (several in US, others elsewhere for example)..base the
category "best" on length (objective), "experiential quality" (subjective),
scenery, Useage per year (objective)  and so on..I am sure we can
come up with differentiators...now here is another guide book
topic - if it doesn't exisit already...For me, the Alps hold
a special significance (hiking with that special someone!)
as well as eating like a King (and Queen) for a mere pitance
becasue of so many darn huts along the way in the Suisse
"wilderness"...if u careful u can put on weight in a
3 month trip! (I did loose 20 lbs however)...

Rich




At 07:57 AM 12/12/02 EST, Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
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>Do a Google search on any trail of the trails mentioned and see which gets
>the most results!  The AT has, by far, the most......
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>> When I wrote the question about the AT being the most
>> famous trail I thought about the Inca trail. Certainly
>> the best known "specific" trail.
>> I actually heard about Vermont's Long Trail before I
>> read about the AT. When I decided to hike the AT in 96
>> I talked to only one person who had ever heard about
>> it before leaving for the US. And I've met two more
>> people since then, again outside the US.
>> Also New Zealand and the Alps comes to mind, and of
>> course Tibet/Nepal. Those might be more known than the
>> INca trail, but are more wellknown areas for
>> hiking/trekking than specific trails.
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