All posts by Florian Dirnberger

Mechanical engineer
Hiking and Mountaineering

Ascent to Ďumbier (Low Tatras)

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Hiking tour from the Čertovica mountain pass (1232 meters AMSL) to Ďumbier (2043 meters AMSL), and further to Chopok (2024 meters AMSL) and Kamenná chata pod Chopkom.

Ďumbier is the highest peak in the Low Tatras (Nízke Tatry) mountain range in Slovakia.

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Notes and recommendations

Chata generála Milana Rastislava Štefánika (1740 meters AMSL) at the foot of Ďumbier is opened all year round.

There are … read more

Hiking and Mountaineering

Hiking through Wales

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My very first mountain tours in 2014 and 2015: the national parks Snowdonia and Brecon Beacons; ascending Wales’s highest peak Mt. Snowdon (or Yr Wyddfa, 1085 meters AMSL).

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Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

It is very windy and rainy all year round (oceanic climate), so good clothing is mandatory at any season of the year.

Getting lost in the mountains can easily occur due to fog and … read more

Hiking and Mountaineering

Slovakia

Note: in no particular order

Nízke Tatry

The Low Tatras main ridge (part 1 – Kráľovohoľské Tatry)

The Low Tatras main ridge (part 2 – Ďumbierske Tatry)

Ďumbier (2043 meters AMSL)

Poludnica (1540 meters AMSL)

Vysoké Tatry

Kriváň (2494 meters), Rysy (2503 meters)

Javorová dolina and Sedlo sedielko (2376 meters)

Malý Ľadový štít (2602 meters)

Priečne sedlo (2352 meters)

Bystrá lávka (2300 meters)

Východná Vysoká (2429 meters)

Gerlachovský štít (2654 … read more