Venediger and Lasörling Höhenweg
The Venediger and Lasörling Höhenweg form a semi circle around Matrei in Ost-Tirol, Austria. Although they’re both separate trails, it makes a lot of sense to combine the two as the Lasörling Höhenweg starts where the Venediger Höhenweg ends. Below,…
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…
Landscape photography on the Inntaler Höhenweg
When you try to do too many things at once, you’ll never excel in any of them. It’s a fact of life you can’t get around. I actually find comfort in it, as it means that I don’t have to…
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…
Dreamway – Munich to Venice
The Dreamway (der Traumpfad) is a German invention that runs from Munich to Venice, covering some 580 kilometers in total. This German classic is one of the best long-distance hikes in Europe as there are relatively few connector stages and…
