Year: 2019

My last hike for 2019 should be five days ago, but as you know, it usually doesn’t happen as you think.

I wouldn’t call it mountains, but it’s not just small hills either. No matter what you call it, four times up and down can be exhausting.

With a lot of anticipation we went towards the Lusatian Mountains with the hope of finding snow. Everything was actually perfect. The weather was not too cold, snow and very motivated.

After four weeks of walking abstinence, a 3-week cold and still not well, today I decided to go for a walk in the woods anyway.

What you can do once, you can do a second time. Said and done. This time with much more altitude than the first time, I thought on the way there this is nothing today. Intuitively everything has spoken against it, nevertheless I wanted to try it. This time with light trekking shoes and a lighter backpack, what else can go wrong? Unfortunately a lot. The weather did not allow for a view that could have been enjoyed, which is why I spared myself climbing up to the lookout towers, the backpack was the wrong choice, as I had to carry most of the weight on my shoulders and slipping in the foliage and hitting a stone with your buttocks leaves its mark. But no new blisters, no muscle soreness and with 51,9 km my farthest distance that I hiked so far.

Just because no steps are marked on the map does not mean that there are none. And so we had to climb many steps, stairs and ladders to enjoy the most beautiful views.

Only a week after going out for the first sun rising, and before the clock change, I wanted to look at the sunrise again. On the Lilienstein above the Elbe very nice, but unfortunately also many others know that.

For the second time on foot I was crossing the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. The view down the cliff was well worth it. For the first time I saw, a group of deer ran past.

“You are crazy!”When getting up early at four, hiking through the dark forest in the rain and climbing rocks to watch a sunrise is crazy, I like it to be, because I was also rewarded for it!

At some point came this crazy idea to me, just go hiking a few days in a row. Every day a piece, every day a little further. So I picked out a route: 8 days, every day between 10 and 20 km. So: Oneway Aue – Karlovy Vary, please. Over the Ore Mountains, through forests, passing lakes and even through an industrial area (wuää), down to Karlovy Vary. While the first three days were in constant rain, we could look forward to a little better weather from the fourth day. It does not have to be 30 ° C when hiking, but it does not have to rain either. The last two days we were allowed to enjoy sunshine, which made the low temperatures very pleasant.Every morning when I woke up, my legs felt heavy, hurt and I thought that I would not be able to get through today’s kilometers. But to my surprise, the pain disappeared after the first few meters and I could continue happily. True to the motto: A rolling stone gathers no moss.