Hiking the Nibelungensteig / 120 KM, 4000 m Elevation Gains in 40 Hours
Over Easter, it was time again to reach out for the limits of my physical capabilities after the awesome trip in 2011 (200 KM in 3 days). This time, we focussed on the “Nibelungensteig” located near...
View ArticleCanoe Trip on the River Lahn, Germany
A few days ago, I spent an extended weekend with some old friends on the River Lahn north of Frankfurt, Germany. We rented a canoe and had a lot of fun and even nice weather, at least partially – this...
View ArticlePackrafting the River Aare and Reuss in Switzerland
Well, we did it again – this time we spent one weekend together on the river Aare and Reuss in lovely Switzerland. Friday and Saturday we went from Thun almost into the “Bieler See” which is quite a...
View ArticleHiking Weekend in Lugano, Switzerland
The town of Lugano, Ticino, is probably one of the most beautiful places in Switzerland when it comes to summertime and enjoying the mediterranean flair of the south of Switzerland. Some weeks ago I...
View ArticlePackrafting the Limmat River – Switzerland
Throughout the summer 2013, we did several packrafting trips over the weekend in Switzerland. Even during the weeks, we did some short evening packrafting trips after work. The Limmat River was one of...
View ArticlePackrafting the River Lech & Hiking in the Lechtaler Alps
Some while ago a friend and I spent an awesome weekend in Western Austria, hiking and packrafting in the area around the Lechtaler Alps. Since both of us are located in Zurich, Switzerland, it was...
View ArticleHiking in New Zealand
Some weeks ago I joined colleagues on parts of the Te Araroa Trail – the trail going from the northern end of New Zealand down to the very south. Due to my limited “time budget”, I only joined for the...
View ArticleWinter Hiking in Maloja, Engadin, Switzerland
We spent only one weekend in Engadin, Switzerland, and did some walking on the frozen lake as well as a minor hike in the nearby mountains. St. Moritz is not a place normal people have to visit – not...
View ArticlePackrafting River Glatt / Switzerland – Part 2
As promised in this blog post, we continued our mission to packraft the Glatt River from the Greifensee lake to the Rhine. This time, it didn’t snow fortunately but it was still bloody cold and the...
View ArticleRoadtrip Turkey 2013
Some while ago, I spent 10 days with old friends doing a roadtrip in the west of Turkey. Here are some basic infos I’d like to share – perhaps they are helpful for some of you: We started in Istanbul...
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