Category Archives: Abroad

Travelling outside Germany.

11 Mountaineering Preparations

Introduction

Mountaineering is a dangerous pastime, make no mistake about it.

Last weekend I suffered a fall in the Dolomites in South Tyrol and badly injured my left arm, yet training and a fair share of luck saved me from far worse injuries.

So now is as good a time as any to give some information and guidance as to hazard prevention and preparations when making a mountain tour what … read more

High Tatras: Sedlo sedielko, Sedlo prielom

Introduction

This blog-post is a continuation of a past article about hiking tours in the High Tatras mountain range1.

Just as in summer 2020, the plan was to negotiate two mountain saddles in the pohorie: Sedlo prielom and Sedlo sedielko (colored brown on the map below; the 2020 tours are in orange).

1 notes, footnotes and references about translations apply for this article in the same read more