Long Walks & High Passes
Mountains & Trails
Everest Base Camp, the Inca Trail, Torres del Paine and the Camino — the walks worth training for, with the permits, the seasons and the altitude that govern them.
3 places43km, four days
The Inca Trail
Four days on an original Inca road over a 4,215m pass, arriving at Machu Picchu through the Sun Gate. Capped at 500 people a day and booked six months out.
Khumbu, 5,364m
Everest Base Camp
Twelve days walking to 5,364 metres, sleeping in lodges the whole way. Not a climb, not technical, and entirely governed by how your body handles altitude.
Chilean Patagonia
Torres del Paine
Three granite towers above a glacial lake, in a park where the wind is the main character and every bed for the trek is booked a year ahead.