Quick answer: you don’t need to spend a lot to get reliable trekking poles. Under $50, look for aluminium (7075 or 6061) shafts, external lever locks rather than twist locks, cork or foam grips, and a collapsed length that fits on your pack. Carbon poles at this price are usually less durable than good aluminium
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Quick answer: Hemlock Falls is a roughly 25-foot (7.5 m) waterfall in South Mountain Reservation, Essex County, New Jersey, about 20 miles from Manhattan. The shortest route is a lollipop loop of about 1.6–1.7 miles with around 300 ft of elevation gain, starting from the Tulip Springs parking area and following the yellow-blazed Lenape Trail
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Quick answer: the South Island has some of the world’s best hiking: multi-day Great Walks such as the Milford, Routeburn, Kepler and Abel Tasman tracks, plus outstanding day hikes like the Hooker Valley Track (Aoraki/Mount Cook), Roys Peak and Rob Roy Glacier (Wanaka), and Ben Lomond (Queenstown). Great Walk huts and campsites must be booked
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Quick answer: the best North Georgia mountain hikes include Blood Mountain on the Appalachian Trail, Springer Mountain (the AT’s southern end), Amicalola Falls, Raven Cliff Falls, Brasstown Bald (Georgia’s highest point) and Tallulah Gorge. Most are within about two hours of Atlanta. North Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains offer waterfalls, long-range views and the start of
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Quick answer: Charlottesville is close to great hiking: Humpback Rocks on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Old Rag and other trails in Shenandoah National Park, Crabtree Falls, and in-town options such as the Saunders-Monticello Trail and Ragged Mountain Natural Area. Shenandoah charges an entrance fee, and Old Rag needs a day-use ticket in its busy season.
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Quick answer: the Machu Picchu citadel sits at about 2,430 m (7,972 ft) above sea level. That is roughly 1,000 m (3,200 ft) lower than Cusco (3,399 m / 11,152 ft), where most visitors arrive. Few people get altitude sickness at Machu Picchu itself; the real challenge is the first days in Cusco and, for
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