The blog ultrajourneys.org holds a treasure of information on (hiking in) the Himalayas. More than 900 posts contain a wealth of information on how to plan and navigate trans Himalayan journeys. Recently this vast amount of info was reorganized in logical sections below making it easy to find what you are looking for.
Ultra Journeys
- Details on my month long Himalayan traverses over the years:
- Mountain Passes (interactive map linked to 300 blog posts)
- Articles (20 articles in various intl. magazines)
- Journey Maps (26 detailed maps)
- Videos & short-films (100’s videos)
Himalayan Traverses
- More than 600 Hiking Routes totalling 13 thousand km of hiking routes were mapped in Open Street Maps.
- This section breaks it down in 19 Himalayan regions presenting the geography and routes for each.
Guiding Independent Hikers
- Insight into planning long distance traverses in the Himalayas for solo hikers from around the world
Online Courses
- 10 Online Courses to get started on independent hiking in the Himalayas:
- Alpine Hiking Bootcamp DIY online (10 modules)
- Himalayan Geography & GIS (5 webinars)
- Alpine Style Hiking (10 webinars)
- Map reading & Navigation (10 webinars)
- Himalayan Regions (17 webinars)
- Sahyadri Regions (14 webinars)
- Gear review (9 videos)
Himalayas
- Mapping the Himalayas (how we mapped the Himalayas in detail in OSM)
- Himalayan Regions (17 webinars)
- Gears (12 posts)
- Traverse Planning (15 posts)
- Nepal (10 posts)
- Lakes (12 posts)
- Ultra Running (10 posts)
- Cycle Touring (10 posts)
Maps
- Topographic maps form the blueprint to plan and navigate the Himalayas:
- Open Street Maps (13 posts)
- Himalayan Maps (18 posts)
- Survey of India (6 posts)
- Journey Maps (26 posts)
- Navigation (12 posts)
- Topography (10 posts)
About
- Get to know me through below:
- Articles (40)
- Interviews (19)
- News (14)
- Talks (70)
Sahyadri
- 12 beautiful long distance traverses in Sahyadri