Welcome to Trekking Pole Guide
Travel Supplies Article
This is a selection made from among articles on Travel Supplies. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for future reading, click here.
99 Pole Trekking Guide
from:In the past, it has been debated as to whether or not it is worth the expenditure to hire a tour guide or take a guided tour through a foreign country during your vacation. In some places, it just seems as though it would be more relaxed to do without a guide, leaving you the option of changing your plans at the last minute or lingering in a destination longer than the itinerary would call for. However, there are some places, such as the North Pole rim or Antarctica, where it is nearly impossible to go trekking through uncharted territory alone, you need to have a pole trekking guide.
Much of the polar rim is nothing but ice and snow, and the same can be said for Antarctica, meaning that there are no paths or trails blown through or marked that are easy to follow. Most of the population resides in small towns in the northern area and in research centers in the southern most continent. Because there are no marked trails, it is easy to get lost and never find your way back. A pole trekking guide can be attained for a fee and will take you through the undeveloped icy wilderness with no fear of taking a wrong turn and being lost or venturing into dangerous territory.
A pole trekking guide can also provide tips on surviving in the unsettled areas, such as how to survive the elements, keep warm in severe cold, find food that will not cause digestive issues, and use land masses to regain a sense of direction. While regular travel agencies often have prepackaged offers with large groups a pole trekking guide that is specifically trained and experienced in trekking through the poles and is more familiar with the territory can adjust the trail to be unique for your own individual purposes.
Hiring a pole trekking guide or even consulting one can save you a lot of time and effort. Even if you are just planning a short day trip away from civilization and want to go it alone, you can have one of these experienced individuals map you out a course through which you can trek carefully and unharmed, easily finding your way home in a few hours. You can even specify how rigorous you want your trip to be. So, if you are planning a trip to the North Pole polar rim region or Antarctica (also referred to as the South Pole), check in with a pole trekking guide, a great source for information on the possible pole trekking trails.
Travel Supplies Specific links
Blinkx Video Search
- World's largest video search engine. Over 26 million hours of video.
-- http://www.blinkx.com/
Ripe TV
- Hottest Video portal on the internet. Every Kind of Video - Supermodels, Martial arts, Cool shows, Pick Miss Ripe and More!
-- http://www.ripetv.com/
Entertainment News
- Breaking headlines and Hollywood gossip. Free entertainment videos and clips!
-- http://www.ivillage.com/
Burly Sports: Patriots Winning Moves.
- Drunk fan videos, hilarious sports recaps, and sports spoofs...
-- http://www.heavy.com/
Travel Supplies News
US supply trucks resume travel in Pakistan pass - Fort Mill Times
KHYBER PASS, Pakistan Security forces escorted container trucks and oil tankers through the Khyber Pass on Monday after Pakistan reopened the route critical to transporting supplies to NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan suspended the ...
Read more...Trucks carrying supplies to US troops in Afghanistan resume travel ... - Grand Forks Herald
An Associated Press reporter says container trucks and oil tankers bound for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan have resumed travel through the Khyber Pass. A convoy of about 30 vehicles began moving Monday under armed escort after militant attacks ...
Read more...US supply trucks resume travel in Pakistan pass - Forbes
Security forces escorted container trucks and oil tankers through the Khyber Pass on Monday after Pakistan reopened the route critical to transporting supplies to NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan suspended the vehicles from the ...
Read more...Supply trucks resume travel over Khyber pass - Army Times
KHYBER PASS, Pakistan — Pakistani security forces escorted container trucks and oil tankers through the Khyber Pass on Monday after Pakistan reopened the supply route critical to transporting supplies to NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan ...
Read more...Pakistan shuts NATO supply line - The Australian
PAKISTAN cut off the main NATO supply route into Afghanistan yesterday, citing Taliban and al-Qa'ida attacks on the Khyber Pass, the perilous mountain trail that carries most supplies into the war-torn country for the 35,000-strong coalition force ...
Read more...AP reporter at scene says Khyber Pass reopens for trucks carrying US ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune
18 people died after a bus overturned in Tibet US supply trucks resume travel in Pakistan pass Meeting of Tibetan exiles to discuss future opens Japan latest to fall victim to recession SKorea's Lee says he welcomes US-NKorea summit KHYBER PASS ...
Read more...