Kungsleden – Black and blue
I’m writing this blogpost from the comfort of log cabin in the tiny hamlet of Adolfström with heavy rain clattering off the roof. A fitting setting for this post, I find. Out of the blue… It all started so good…
Venediger & Lasörling Höhenweg
In September 2020 I hiked the Venediger & Lasörling Höhenweg, carrying all of my camera equipment with me. I’ve documented my experiences on the ten day hike with two entries in my trail journal: On the shoulders of giants A…
A Trail of Ice and Icecream
Time flies when you’re having fun. Or when you don’t have an internet connection. Let me tell you: from a bloggers perspective, the Venediger-Lasörling Höhenweg is nightmare. Lasörling Höhenweg I hear you ask? Well hypothetical person: the Lasörling Höhenweg is…
On the shoulders of giants
Awww yeah! Back on trail again. Due to the ongoing Covid pandemic I didn’t expect to see the mountains at all this year. But here I am, in an Austrian mountain hut, about to enjoy a beer my traveling companion…
We are rockstars!
As I’m writing this I sit comfortably in my home, watching the night change to dawn. I meant to write this sooner but simply didn’t get around doing it. My excuses are bad internet connection and sheer lazyness. Oh well,…
Keep on rocking
A lot has happened since I wrote about our sufferfest on Monte Cinto. That was stage four, we’ve now completed stage nine. In the meantime we sat through one of the worst storms I’ve ever witnessed, hiked last lush, green…
Hitting rock bottom
What follows is a saga of rocks and wine. It is the story of stage four of the GR20. There was a giant looming over our head when we started day four. Monte Cinto was towering some 1700 meters above…
A rocky start
The GR20 rocks! Literally. There’s rocks everywhere. They’re under your foot, in your shoes and most crucially underneath your matress when you try to sleep. Not that I’m complaining though. It makes for an awesome scenery to hike/scramble/struggle through. The…
GR20 2019
I’m back where it all started. Five years ago, a young and naïve Kees was about to get his arse kicked by one of Europe’s most infamous trails: the GR20. Untrained and underprepared I nearly called it quits after just…
The Dreamway
In the summer of 2018 I hiked the Dreamway, a trail starting in Munich and ending in Venice. Along for the hike was my good friend Anthony, whom I met while hiking in Spain two years ago. At times the…
