How curiosity turned into an addiction of exploration
Explore hiking in Germany.
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 …
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
Friday, May 28th, 2021 Saturday, May 29th, 2021
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 …
Friday, April 30th, 2021 – Altzella Abbey A little warm up for the Ore Mountains tour the next day, brought us to the Altzella Abbey ruins. Saturday, May 1st, 2021 – Ore Mountains Wenn man die Berge immer leise rufen hört, muss man manchmal einfach diesem Ruf folgen. Deshalb wollte ich unbedingt mal wieder ins …
After my 60 km ultra hike in October, I concentrated first on my running training. I also put that on hold for a while when I picked up streak running. However, after just about half a year, my feet were tingling again, and I wanted to find out again what it was like to hike …
Actually, I was aiming for 75 km this weekend, but some tours are more strenuous than expected and plans are usually only there to be changed. So in the end it was a 60 km weekend, which I can be more than satisfied with. To achieve this, I was on the road again for three …
What is a 10-20-30 weekend? It’s simple: 10 km hike on Friday, 20 km hike on Saturday and 30 km hike on Sunday. Sounds easy enough at first, but I’ve added a few challenges in the meantime. Starting with the Streak Running I held back with the hikes for a while. I was still on the road, but mostly only once per weekend and usually only about 20 km. That should change a bit with this weekend, without interrupting my Streak. It was not easy, but doable. Where I was and what I saw, you can see in the following sections.
