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Tour Transalp 2017 – Day II
The second day of the Tour Transalp was much nicer than the first. Instead of driving rain we had sunshine. We started in Imst and again due to our second class status as two-day-entrants we were right at the very back. The first 4.5 km were neutralised but as is usually the case with neutralised…
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More plombergstein multi pitch
We managed to leave reasonably early and headed back down to the Plombergstein crag near St Gilgen where we were yesterday. The plan was to have three rope teams on each of the three multi pitch routes that we knew about. Once we got there we realised though that there would not be enough time…
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Skitouring Hut-to-Hut April 2017
Day 1 Craig arrived by train on Saturday morning and we drove to Galtür in Austria. It was warm and sunny and our skis seemed a bit out of place. They seemed even more out of place when we discovered that the first 6 kms up the valley towards the hut were snow free. Still,…
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A week in the Canary Islands
Well just one of them. Leonie and I broke with tradition and booked a package holiday to Gran Canaria. We spent a week in a hotel devoid of stars but with plenty of cigarette smoke in Playa del Ingles. Despite the shabby room it was all ok as we went road cycling for many hours…
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Arlberger Winterklettersteig
It was beautiful spring weather. Jörg picked Leonie and I up from Lindau and we drove to Sankt Anton. The plan was to do the Arlberger Winterklettersteig. It’s a via ferrata route that starts at 2650 m above sea level and heads along a ridgeline to the Vordere-Rendlespitze before dropping down to the Mitterkarspitze and…