by Karl Zeiner | Aug 19, 2015 | Holiday Report
Day 5 As mentioned yesterday today would be a short day according to guide book, map and everything else. The only way we could make it longer was by going up to the Aperer Feuerstein (2967m). We did consider this but with glacier crossings likely decided against...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 18, 2015 | Holiday Report
Day 4: There was something odd about today’s route as it felt that we never really went over anything high. There were numerous ascents of 200-250 m and the same on the way back down again but nothing epic. A bit like having started a Scottish Munro day from just...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 15, 2015 | Holiday Report
2 valleys run: The weather app for the region on the phone seemed to have the same weather for every day of the walk: hot with thunder storms later. So in theory that meant get up early and get the walking done while it was cooler and dry. The getting up early wasn’t...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 14, 2015 | Holiday Report
Day 2 started as day one did with a cloudless sky and wall to wall sunshine (Day 1 is here). The sun was streaming into the dorm room well before breakfast time. Downside of the dorms was definitely a lack of curtains as I’d always be awake when day broke. We had a...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 10, 2015 | Holiday Report, Uncategorized
The day started as the previous 2 days with wall to wall sunshine. My dad kindly drove us to Maria Waldrast where Iain and Graham had spent the night. This would be the spot from where we would all set off together. For Iain and Graham the walk had started a bit less...