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The Path of Unity: Peaks of the Balkans trail

The phrase “Peaks of the Balkans” is the “brand name” of a long-distance hiking trail developed from 2006 onwards. Extending for 192 kilometres, this Peaks of the Balkans trail connects Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro. It crosses the highest and wildest mountain ranges at the southern end of the Dinaric Alps. The local descriptions for this […]

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Old, unfit, clueless? Try rock climbing for beginners!

When you take a look around a climbing hall in a metropolitan area, you’ll mainly see young, fit people with muscular bodies. But there is also a good number of those who don’t care about fitness, age or beauty stereotypes. Which is a good thing. After all, the benefits and joys of climbing should be […]

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Speed climbing – what is it and why do it?

Speed climbing is climbing at speed, simple. Not on speed, i.e. under the influence of an amphetamine but trying to go as fast as possible. Though doping with speed was once prevalent in high-altitude mountaineering using innocuous brand names such as Pervitin. But today’s speed climbers are going about their business without drugs. They’re also […]

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The Tatra mountains: hikers’ paradise

the most important things What was the first “proper” high mountain region you saw? The Alps? For me, it was the Tatra mountains at the early age of six. That may be decades ago now but the effects have stayed with me. What I experienced then really sowed the seed in me for this undying […]

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The Pyrenees: beauty with character

the most important things Are the Pyrenees merely a smaller version of the Alps? This may be the case theoretically because both of them are fold mountains that developed about 50 to 100 million years ago during the Tertiary period. Both of them were also covered by glaciers during Ice Ages and have therefore been […]

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Outdoor clothing in the city centre? I need that!

It is the nightmare of style icons, fashionistas and cultural guardians: the outdoor wave that is sweeping the city centres. Ten years ago, people were sure it was one of those silly crazes that would be laughed off in 10 years’ time. But far from it, it still remains and shows no signs of fading. […]

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Making fire – a detailed step-by-step guide

When we talk about “building a fire”, we generally refer to an “open fire” – not a fire in a stove, fireplace, or oven. To put it more simply: a fire is “open” when it is not lit in a closed combustion chamber. A campfire is therefore an open fire. However, fire pits, hobo stoves, […]

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S.Café – Coffee You Can Wear

Coffee is slowly turning into one of our most talked-about topics. First, we had the long article about brewing a good cup of coffee in the great outdoors, then we delved into the topic of the revolutionary shoe innovation to solve the irritating problem of coffee-to-go stains on your trainers. And now, fabric made from […]

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Jotunheimen: between mass tourism and adventure

I had never underestimated an area as much as the Norwegian Jotunheimen Mountains. In more ways than one. In fact, I didn’t want to go there at all, I wanted to go to a lesser-known corner between fjords and glaciers. It was only two days before I left that the disappointing weather forecast for the […]

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Canyoning – scrambling through gorges

What do you think we could be doing, if it’s wet, slippery, cold, narrow, partially dark, noisy, exhausting and not always safe? A tough job down in the sewers? No, canyoning – an action-packed activity that is becoming increasingly popular! After being “invented” in Spain and southern France in the late 1990s, canyoning spread to […]

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