How curiosity turned into an addiction of exploration
Explore hiking in Schmilka.
After it didn’t work out two weeks ago, on this day a buddy from Bavaria, whom we visited in July to have a hike in the Alps, came to visit us, because he has never seen the Saxon Switzerland before.
Today was supposed to be a special day with a special challenge. A 22 km hike? No, that’s not a challenge anymore. Carrying about 6 kg on your back? I want to get used to it, with tendency to carry even a bit more. Over a thousand meters of altitude? That’s more like it. Keeping the heart rate below 160? That could be really difficult, or is good preparation everything?
3 days and 56 km hiking
The Heilige Stiege is, with 903 steps on 190m altitude difference, the climbing system of Saxon Switzerland with the most stages (Wikipedia). Exhausting, but just as beautiful and worthwhile is the view. If you also want to experience something different: The hiking trail that leads past Satanskopf to the south passes right through a rock. But with a bit of climbing and crawling not too difficult to master.
