Small hiking and mountaineering tours in Europe.
I had only been once to Spain in my adult life, a short visit to San Sebastián in the Basque Country eight years ago as I was making a somewhat ill-prepared cycling holiday in France and the French Pyrenees.
I was many times in Spain with my family during my childhood, vacations I barely remember and which had been rather dull and uneventful, so it has never struck me as … read more
The Orla Perć trail or “Eagle’s Path” is despite of (rather because of) its reputation one of the most popular destinations in the High Tatras mountain range.
I have to admit though, having been in the Polish part of the High Tatras mountain range for the first time this year, that I was pretty much ignorant about this very fact until quite recently.
What I actually wanted to do on … read more
The Wilde Kreuzspitze is a comparatively easy to ascend 3000 meters peak close to the town of Sterzing (Italian: Vipiteno) in South Tyrol, Italy.
This mountain is 3135 meters AMSL high, more exactly, and consists of two peaks, lying about one hundred and fifty meters apart.
Many hikers won’t proceed to the northern peak after touching the summit cross on the nine meters shorter southern peak however, for there are … read more
