Author: Liwijathan

Without knowing whether I would even get out of bed after yesterday’s 50 km, 20 km were planned for today, because I wanted to achieve a new record of 70 km this weekend.

The way with a friend is half as far

Since we don’t want to go very far in winter, we decided to visit the Kleiner and Großer Zschirnstein in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains this Saturday.

Since it is not worth driving very far in bad weather, we decided to take a walk through Saxon Switzerland.

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.