For several years now I have wanted to visit Republic of Georgia. During my other travels people have told me incredible stories about how nice and welcoming the Georgian people are so I wanted to experience that myself, hoping in that they would expire me and make me more positive and open as well. What... Continue Reading →
Hiking my first Volcano – La Malinche 4440 m
La Malinche mountain is an inactive volcano (dormant for the last 3,100 years) located in Tlaxcala and Puebla states, in Mexico. Officially, its summit reaches 4,461 metres (14,636 ft) above sea level, though it is generally considered to be closer to 4,440 metres. It is the sixth-highest in Mexico. Traveling to Mexico we did not plan to do any hiking actually, but we should have known... Continue Reading →
Hiking Triglav – Slovenia’s national symbol and pride.
One day last year Elias asked if we should go to Slovenia. I must admit, I did not know much about Slovenia at that point, so my first question was: "Are there any nice mountains there?". Sure enough, Slovenia has a lot of nice mountains. I was really impressed when I saw the mountains from... Continue Reading →
Alpspitze 2 628 m – my first hike on my own
Alpspitze has been on my list a long time because it looks pointy and I just love pointy mountains. Every time I took the train pass Garmisch Partenkirchen I got reminded of that I still had not been on top of top of it. BUT NOT ANYMORE! :D:D Now I can point to it and... Continue Reading →
One day hikes from Innsbruck – Weißstein and Rosskogel
Last weekend I found myself in Innsbruck, trying to find a hike or two which I could easily do with limited planning. My original plan was to do a part of the Stubaitaler Höhenweg, but bad weather forced us to improvise and change our plans at the last minute. So on the bus from Munich... Continue Reading →
On the top of Austria -Großglockner 3798m.
Already last year I decided that Großglockner (3798m), the highest mountain of Austria, will be one of the goals for this year. On my birthday I even got home brewed Grossglockner gipfel beer as a present from one of my friends, so it is safe to say that I was determined to make the summit... Continue Reading →
Hiking & Biking – Birkkarspitze 2749 m, Is it doable in one day?
Birkkarspitze was actually not my plan for this weekend, but as I could not do the hike I had planned in Innsbruck, this was a nice plan B. This is not very easily accessible hike, specially when you want to do it with one day. Birkkarspitze is the highest peak in Karwendel mountains, I actually... Continue Reading →
Trust or not to Trust the Weather Forecast – Hiking Thaneller 2 341 m
At times it feels like looking at the weather forecast has become my new hobby 😀 While other people spend their time checking for Facebook updates, I spend my time on checking the weather forecast for different parts of the Alps! 😀 (Btw, I still trust the Norwegian weather app yr.no the most) This weekend... Continue Reading →
Mittenwalder Höhenweg with T-Rex costume!
Last weekend I joined a quite bad-ass hike; Mittenwalder Höhenweg. Mittenwalder Höhenweg is a via Ferrata over a ridge in Karwendel. There is an option to take a cable car up, but then it would not be a badass would it? So we hiked 1900 hm up from Mittenwald! That is the most height meters... Continue Reading →
Kayaking in Sunnmøre
Before we went to Norway I had planned to kayak Hjørundsfjorden. To be more exact my plan was to hike Slogen, then kayak from Øye and find a nice camping spot, stay overnight and then kayak the rest of the fjord, but what happened? Well.. Weather does not follow your plans! We could not do Slogen the day... Continue Reading →