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What's on your hiking bucket list?

I've thru-hiked the John Muir Trail--twice! Both trips were epic trips of a lifetime. And they whet my appetite for adventure. On my hiking bucket list? I started with a few listed here. Since then, the list has grown. Here's my current hiking bucket list: Rim-to-Rim in the Grand Canyon. It's close enough to drive there in a day, and so I really don't have any excuse not to do this... other than the need for permits. Maybe this fall? 100 miles on the Via Alpina in Switzerland. I read about this in Backpacker magazine and it sounds awesome. And... you hike from village to village, sleeping in a bed at night. Those Europeans know how to backpack! Planning for summer of 2014. The Camino de Santiago in Spain. This is fairly easy trek, but long (~500 km). Sleeping in a hostel each night and eating a hot meal (prepared by someone else) with a glass of wine? Icing on the cake. 2016. The Coast-to-Coast Trail across England. Roughly the same length of the John Muir Trail (~200 miles), but without the altitude or vertical gain/loss. And again, you stay in an inn each night. Are you sensing a trend? 2018. There are others, but this is enough for the next five years. Other than the rim-to-rim hike, these will anywhere from two to four weeks apiece, which is why we plan every other year. On the alternate years, it's different kind of trip. For instance, in 2010 we spent 3 weeks on the JMT, then in 2011 we spent 3 weeks in Paris. See? Different, but in a good way. So what's on your hiking or backpacking bucket list?
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