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Revised Route

Pakistan – in particular Baluchistan is a region that is currently extremely high risk for travellers primarily due to kidnapping. Secondly, the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar is closed. Hiking the southern route would mean that I have to take a flight at least two times. The map below shows how dangerous travel is currently seen in different countries.

Therefore I would now prefer the northern route (Google 22’200 km, OpenStreetMap 24’200 km):

Central Asia faces a continental climate. Winter is extremely cold and tough for hiking, in particular in the North-East of the continent.

Winter Temperatures: Too cold to walk in Mongolia

On the other hand, summer is unpleasently hot in the South:

Summer Temperatures: Too hot to walk in Zentral Asia

Therfore the Southern route (via India) should be walked only in Winter and the Northern route (via Central Asia and Mongolia) only in Summer. In contrast to Asia, the relatively low anual temperature amplitude in Central Europe allows hiking any time of the year.

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    Anonymous

    Epic plan! Are you going to do any confluences along the way?

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      mautz.blog

      To visit confluence points while hiking means quite some effort. Imagine a point that is 15km to the side: I would need an extra day to catch it. But if I stumble over one, I will visit and report it. There are still many points on the route that I have not yet visited, see my current visit map.

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    Anonymous

    It is unbeliveable, –words are missing. ———So you are not the unbeliveable hulk, but more the unbeliveable hiker.

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