Ultra Christmas
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
Category: 2021
A long weekend in Slovakia
October 16th, 2021 – Záruby October 17th, 2021 – Veľký Choč October 18th, 2021 – Slovenský Raj October 19th, 2021 – Spišský Hrad
Slowly autumn is coming
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 …
A weekend in the Little Carpathians
As the weather in Germany and the Czech Republic was announced to be very bad for this weekend, but not in Slovakia, we decided to move our hiking weekend to the Little Carpathians. Because I had already been last year in the Little Carpathians, I already knew it was going to be beautiful and which …
Linz – Bratislava; over 350 km for some ice cream
If you don’t know where your limit is yet, just keep going. Over 350 km, 4500m of altitude and ninety-seven hours on my feet. My motivation to hike through 13 days and take on all these kilometers? I knew that my favorite ice cream was waiting for me at the end of the trip. Via …
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One time Poland, please
A year ago, I was going to spend my birthday at a concert in Moscow. Then the world was turned upside down. After rescheduling that long weekend a hundred times, and again during my trip, I ended up alone in the Polish woods (my first time in Poland) doing what I love: hiking. It was …
Beautiful Saxon Switzerland
Valley of Polenz
Scharfenburg and Schirgiswalde
Friday, May 28th, 2021 Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Between Ascension Day and new records
While on Ascension Day we made a leisurely hike through Saxon Switzerland in the rain, on Saturday we went to try a record-breaking 50 km. Thursday May 13th, 2021, Bastei – Gamrig The original plan was longer but at some point we decided that 4h hiking in the rain would be enough. So we cut …
