Atlas & Boots: This month's travel posts

View this email in your browser   This month's blog posts Unknown treks in Asia: 10 offbeat trails By Peter on Nov 25, 2020 09:00 am When it comes to exploration, 'too late for the seas, too soon for the stars' may best describe our current times. Legendary explorers like Drake and Magellan charted the seas long ago while Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen and their like did the same for remote lands. There's a sense that our planet has been entirely measured and mapped. Tamed, some might say. Even Everest – one of the most inhospitable places on Earth – has queues of people. The post Unknown treks in Asia: 10 offbeat trails appeared first on Atlas & Boots. Read in browser » Best hikes in South Korea: 8 stunning trails By Peter on Nov 18, 2020 09:28 am The best hikes in South Korea roam idyllic countryside speckled with memorials to 5000 years of highly distinctive culture and history Mountain culture runs deep in the history of South Korea. Thousands of years before modern religion made its way onto the peninsula, Koreans worshipped mountain spirits known as Sansin. Today, the population remains obsessed with mountains, but in a very different way. The post Best hikes in South Korea: 8 stunning trails appeared first on Atlas & Boots. Read in browser » 11 solo hiking tips for women By Kia on Nov 11, 2020 09:00 am We ask six expert climbers, thru-hikers and trail runners to share their solo hiking tips for women who want to walk alone I've hiked all over the world, from challenging countries like Ethiopia and Lesotho to Pacific idylls like Rarotonga and Easter Island. I've done multi-day treks above 4,000 metres, day hikes under a scorching sun and The post 11 solo hiking tips for women appeared first on Atlas & Boots. Read in browser » 10 Christmas gifts for travellers By Kia on Nov 04, 2020 09:00 am Every year, we write a quick update about where we're spending Christmas. This year has been a strange one. We welcomed 2019 in Costa Rica with National Geographic Expeditions. In spring, we visited the Faroe Islands, but aside from those two short trips, I've been at home working on my book Take It Back (HarperCollins, Aug) and its follow-up (out next year). Meanwhile, Peter has travelled to Nepal, Greenland and Pakistan without me. It's been strange watching from afar – something I address in as a traveller, not travelling. The post 10 Christmas gifts for travellers appeared first on Atlas & Boots. Read in browser » Recent Articles: The travel that changed me: Roz Watkins How to choose a tent: a buying guide A first-timer's guide to hiking the Highlander Velebit Highlander Velebit gear list: what's in my pack Trekking the Highlander Velebit in Croatia   Kia's new novel is out now Kia's new novel Truth Be Told is a courtroom thriller, perfect for fans of Apple Tree Yard, Anatomy of a Scandal, Beartown or He Said/She Said. Truth Be Told can be read as a standalone novel but is also the follow-up to Take It Back, chosen by The Guardian and Telegraph as one of the best thrillers of 2019.  Copyright © 2020 Atlas and Boots, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in on our website. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list