How curiosity turned into an addiction of exploration
A 7500 km drive, to run a half-marathon. Crazy. An absolutely incredible journey. June 9, 2023 Today the journey begins. Shortly after 2 p.m., just after work, I packed the last things and went to Oeversee, just over 600 kilometers away, for a stopover at Helena’s place. I know Helena through work and when we …
Prologue I sit now the fifth day in Namche Bazar, the fourth in the Stupa Cafe, and I am sure: If I had known what I know now about hiking at this altitude, I would never have agreed to this tour, not exactly this one. Apart from the fact to start such a tour directly …
After two years of not being able to make it, I wanted to try again to climb Kriváň in the Tatra Mountains. Since the way to get there was a bit longer, we added a few stops to visit a castle and two ruins. July 30th, 2022 – Vršatský hrad July 31st, 2022 – Hrad …
May 26th, 2022 – Pustý hrad May 27th, 2022 – Hrad Muráň May 28th, 2022 – Prosiecka Dolina May 29th, 2022 – Hrad Likava & Hrad Lietava
A few days off and the car just goes to Slovakia with me. I start to think, my car seems to really like it there. Once again I went searching and hiking for ruins and found some beautiful ones. April 15th, 2022 – Katarínka / Dobrá Voda April 16th, 2022 – Hrad Uhrovec April 17th, …
I still had vacation days from last year that had to be taken, and what could be better than spending them in beautiful Slovakia. My bucket list for ruins there is so long, so I wanted to take a look at a few of them. Every day a beautiful place. March 5th, 2022 – Veterlín …
Since I don’t celebrate Christmas myself, I spent the days on my feet. December 24th, 2021, 63 km down to the Elbe and back December 28th, 2021 30 km to Mordor and back December 29th, 2021 15 km on heavy legs
October 16th, 2021 – Záruby October 17th, 2021 – Veľký Choč October 18th, 2021 – Slovenský Raj October 19th, 2021 – Spišský Hrad
Since the Little Carpathians are mainly a forest of deciduous trees, I didn’t want to miss experiencing autumn there. It was not yet full autumn, but the first coloring were already visible. Together with the perfect hiking weather (sunny at 17 °C) it became a very pleasant weekend. Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 – Skalnatá – Veľká …
Since I was still a bit worn out from a trip to Switzerland, I didn’t go quite that far this weekend, to Poland and in the Czech Republic, to go hiking among beautiful rock formations there. Saturday, September 18th, 2021 Sunday, September 19th, 2021
