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Just seen this! Nice one. How remote is it?
There are plenty of thru-hiking I'd recommend, mostly in South America as I loved our 4 months in Patagonia, but have unfinished business there. Huaraz, with the Huascarán National Park and Huayhuash around the corner is really suited for some long treks as well.
On the other hand of the spectrum also plenty of stuff in Europe sounds amazing, like the different high routes in the Alps and Pyrenees, probably more drawn to the latter of the two because usually less busy.
A bit less popular to the East, but there are loads of bothies in the Tatras that could be linked in a big trek and the Caucasus has definitely got my attention too.
My current dream is Tajikistan though.
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It was remote in the context of California - the hike doesn't cross a road, and we were 4 days walk away from any sort of civilisation (i.e. a car park) at some points. It's a popular trail as it forms part of the Pacific Crest Trail so we were seeing c.10 people per day :)
The Tatras look really cool. Not considered them and I'm keen to do some Euro-hiking.
Bezzin
For anyone interested I'm just back from the John Muir Trail in California. It was absolutely brilliant. Physically very demanding, but so beautiful. My wife and I haven't been thru-hiking before, so this was a bit of a challenge but we loved it. Planning our next adventure already (suggestions welcome)!
The only thing I'd change was footwear - I used pair of reasonably well worn in gore tex hiking boots, but they gave me blisters about 130 miles into the hike. I ignored backpacking forum advice to wear trail runners that breathe, because who expects rain in CA, and I think the moisture got me. By the end of the day my socks were literally steaming when the boots came off.
If anyone is tempted to do it would be happy to help with itinerary, kit list, suggestions on where to pitch a tent etc etc!