Sometimes everything unexpectedly falls into place. It is these moments that you’ll later look back on when you’re at home and all of the other memories are already fading away a little. Though rare, these are the days that make…

Today Anthony and I crossed the border into Italy. So far, there’s not much of a culture shock. In fact, my current view is of a very un Italian Apfelstrüdel. This is because we’re in the autonomous region of Süd…

So I’ve done the unthinkable yesterday. Instead of hiking the 2400 meters up to the Glüngezer Hütte I took the chairlift, cutting the hike short to only 600 meters of ascent. Please let me explain: I woke up feeling nauseous…

It’s been 5 days since my last post but it might well be 5 years. Instead of limping towards the Alps Anthony and I are now limping in the Alps. So far we’ve limped our way along the Benediktenwand, back…

Despite the guidebook insisting today and yesterday were ‘easy’, pain is the name of the game right now. A stabbing pain in my blistered right little toe, and a soul consuming pain over the entire length of my footsoles. The…

As I’m writing this I’m sitting in the train toward Munich nursing a medium sized hangover due to sleep deprivation and enthusiast cocktail consumption yesterday… Oh well, it’s not as if I need to do anything useful today except for…