Climbing Walking Iron Ways in cliffs, rubble and sky Adventuring is always best with a good partner and I (Bengt) was luckily joined by Jost from Hamburg on a four day Via Ferrate trip to Austria. Better yet he agreed to write a report on this trip in which he shares his insights and (from what I can gather) diplomatic comments on my performance.
Hiking Sleeping under the stars on the peaks of the Sierra Neveda The Sierra Nevada range in Spain is close to major urban areas and very remote and rugged at the same time. It offers great multi day trekking tours above 3.000m n.n. on almost non-existing trails. This is the story of our five day trek in June 2019 traversing some of the highest peaks in Spain.
Climbing The Watzmann traverse In the summer of 2019 I was in the Berchtesgarden area and amended another trip to see what the fuss is about. Spoiler: Yes the traverse is definitely worth it and no you do not have to be Reinhold Messner to do it.
Hiking We should have brought an Ice Ax... A winter ascent of the Krottenkopf in the Bavarian alps After getting into hiking and scrambling up mountains this year I met up with Torben in Munich to do a
Hiking As high as you are allowed to go Scrambling up Puig de Massanella on Mallorca If you have been following our antics you might have noticed that there are quite a few trips that happened on the mediterranean
Hiking Unexpected mountaineering 101 Hiking the Triglav range in Slovenia Mount Triglav (2.864m) in the Julian alps is one of the peaks that can be almost hiked up to with no need for
Hiking Mountains, Lakes and Fish´n´Chips Hiking the West Highland Way in Scotland The Scottish highlands do have a place on many travelers bucket-list - be it hikers, mountain bikers or motorcyclists. They are well known
Hiking The best sunset on the island A two day hike to Castell d'Alaró Besides riding bikes hiking might be the second most popular outdoor activity both locals and tourist do on Mallorca. The GR221 hiking trail