Extreme Treks

Glacier National Park is an American treasure. With its pristine forests, alpine meadows and rugged mountains it is a world like none other. Combine that with the silence and heavy snow of winter and what you have is some of the most awe-inspiring and epic isolated trekking on the planet.

Hundreds of years ago one of the major challenges to traders along the Silk Road was the deadly Taklamakan Desert. This desert is a 105,000 square mile waste miles of sand, dunes and gravel. Join Ryan has he takes a journey deep in to the remote desert, where endless waves of sand stretch far in to the horizon in every direction.

The famous Salkantay Trek has been named among the 25 best Treks in the World. The Salkantay is a trek connecting the city of Mollepata with Machu Picchu and consists of an ancient and remote footpath where massive snow capped mountains collide with lush tropical rain forests.

This is an incredibly challenging hut-to-hut European alpine adventure, but what makes this trip unique is the frequent use of the "via ferrata" or "exposed trails with secure cables". The Dolomites are full of many of the cables were originally put in to the place during the fierce battles fought in northern Italy during World War 1, full of remnants and stories.

The Mustang Kingdom is mysterious and remote. Formally known as the Kingdom of Lo, the region was once part of Tibet, and then became part of Nepal in the 1950s. It remained an independent part of Nepal until 2008. Between that time few tourists had ventured through his high altitude desert.

Join Ryan as he explores the most dramatic sections of the Western Al Hajar mountain range which runs west of the Capital Muscat reaching heights of over 3,000 meters, 9,842 feet. Starting out in the desert lowlands Ryan will follow rugged trails between picturesque mountain villages, each with its groves of date palms and intricately terraced fields.

Many call it the "Roof of Africa". Standing high above the African grasslands at an incredible 5,895m (19,341 feet) Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the famous Seven Mountains on Seven Continents and is often considered the easiest of the big Seven. But with a 50% success rate, this journey to the summit is not as easy as it looks.

North Africa has not been a location for tourists over the last few years but Morocco still draws its visitors. Join Ryan as it wanders the back alleys of Marrakech before trekking deep in to the High Atlas Mountains and getting a taste of Berber life and making a trek up and over North Africa's highest mountain Mt Jebel Toubkal.