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Climbing in Tannheimertal 2019
Ari and I hired a car and drove to Tannheimertal on Saturday. The weather was pretty poor which wasn’t what Google had promised us. It was rainy and grey but by the time we got there the rain had stopped and as we walked up to the Gimpelhaus it continued to improve. We were both…
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Löwenzähne Westkante
Philipp, Julie, Ari and I headed to Schuttannen on a warm Autumn day. We packed our climbing stuff onto our backs and headed to the Löwenzähne climbing area. I was carrying everything including the kitchen sink as usual. We arrived before the sun had reached the bottom of the route but we were soon climbing…
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Dolomiten ohne Grenzen 2019
Johannes wanted to do a trip in the dolomites before leaving for Norway and Philip, Julie, and I were easily convinced. Day 0 Lindau to Lunelli Hut We drove from Lindau to the dolomites and up to the Lunelli Hut. It was raining as we arrived and we weren’t sure whether we would have to…
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Giro delle Dolomiti 2019 – Stage 4
Between Stage 3 and 4 there was a rest day. Leonie got some of her studies done and I rode around Bolzano looking for new cycle shorts. We got up at 5 am as today’s stage started in Bruneck. It was going to be hot, as usual but the temperature was still ok as we…
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C&C Italy 2019
I spent a few days canyoning and climbing in Italy with Craig, Alec, Verena, Rachel, Jeremie and Patrick. It went a bit like this: Day 1 (13/7/2019) Verena drove down to Lindau and met me there. So as to make use of the day we did the short Känzele klettersteig near Bregenz. We then…
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Dreilaender Giro 2019
I rode the Dreilaender Giro on Sunday. As we entered late, only the B Strecke was available but it’s still a good challenge and is 120km/3000m. I was put in the second start block but Leonie was unfortunately put into the 4th. Eruope was in the middle of a heat wave and the 6 am…
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Innsbruck Alpine Trail Festival 2019
The weather forecast for the trail run in Innsbruck this year was not good. Rain was predicted and low temperatures. Leonie and I arrived at the Natterer See an hour before the start giving us enough time to take posy photos. The race started at 12:30 pm and we headed off at a good pace.…
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Skitouring Avers Day 2 – Mazzaspitz
After having explored the North facing slopes yesterday we decided to try our luck on the South faces hoping that the snow would be a little softer and free of the dreaded crust. We drove up the road to Juf and headed up the slope to the left of the road. The snow was hard…
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Skitouring Kühtai Day 5–Zwölferköpfl
We drove back up into the hills from Oetz. It was sunny again and it felt very much like spring. We parked and headed up a very churned up track into the hills. Turing right we aimed towards Zwölferköpfl. Johannes D and Rachel went ahead as Rachel needed to get back to the train station…
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Ski touring Kühtai Day 3 – Hintere Karlesspitze
The best day on tour so far. More amazing weather. We headed up the valley again from the hut. Once again the weather was perfect. We took a right instead of following yesterday’s route to the Wechnerscharte. This lead us up a steep slope to the Hintere Karlesspitze. The snow was beginning to get a…