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Lisa

Packrafting – hiking and canoeing with a super lightweight boat

Imagine you could put a boat in your backpack, walk somewhere and go canoeing. That opens up all sorts of opportunities! And it expands previous typical spots that you would usually reach by car or public transport, creating new options. Hang on! That actually exists and it’s called packrafting. But that’s not all. Packrafting is […]

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Stephan

Durmitor: summits, ridges, deep gorges

“Among the gigantic mountains of the Southern Slavic countries, the Durmitor is the most mighty and magical.” Kurt Hassert, German geographer and explorer (1868 – 1947) Profile of the mountains and landscape The small high mountain region of Durmitor rises like an island from the surrounding Alpine plateau of north-western Montenegro. The plateau located at […]

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Stephan

Accursed Mountains

“All mountains on one side, and Prokletije on the other.” Serbo-Croatian saying “The Accursed Mountains must be one of the last mountain ranges in Europe that haven’t been fully discovered yet. It’s one of the most mysterious and romantic places in Europe.” From the (slightly outdated) profile on Summitpost.org1 That may be slightly exaggerated but […]

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Stephan

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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Robert

Trekking in the Himalayas – a Mera Peak summit adventure

A few weeks ago, we reported on our colleague Robert’s preparations to climb Mera Peak (6,476 m) in Nepal. He has now returned from his Mera Peak trek, with many impressions and experiences. So many in fact that we had to divide his travelogue into two parts. So let’s get started: Filled with high expectations, I […]

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Jemima

Climb in Leonidio (Greece)

With the goal to climb in Leonidio – a resounding name – we set off on our 7-week trip to Greece. Among climbers, this tranquil town in the south east of Greece hasn’t been a secret for a long time. The enormous rock face, combined with Greek hospitality and beautiful beaches, has raised Leonidio’s fame […]

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Jan

Nu kör vi! – Long-distance hikes in Sweden

Only just over 10 million people live in Sweden in an area of around 450,000 km². (Compare this with Germany where it’s almost 84 million inhabitants in an area of merely 360,000 km²). Of these 10 million people, more than half live in the two metropolitan areas of Stockholm and Gothenburg as well as in […]

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Stephan

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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Stephan

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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Florian

GR 221 – Long-distance hiking in the Serra Tramuntana on Mallorca

When most people think of Mallorca, the largest island of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, they probably think more of partying than of hill walking and trekking on secluded paths through romantic mountain villages. However, for some years now, the local government has been trying to make this charming island not only a destination […]

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