Valli del Natisone, Friaul, Easter 2014
Spending the Easter week with friends in Italian-Slovenian borderlands, Julian Alps and their southern foothills of Valli del Natisone. Easter 2014.
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Solo Khumbu twenty years after, December 2013
A reprise of our trek to Solo Khumbu, but this time in the onset of the Himalayan winter. Walking from lodge to lodge, carefully maintaining dining room ovens, with Christmas by the feet of the Everest. Returning taking a high route via Cho La and Gokyo. December 2013.
Bjeshkët e Nemuna vel Prokletije, August 2013
The Albanian Alps at their finest, in the middle of the summer. Getting there via the Koman Lake. After a loop around the Kolata range, a trek from Valbona Valley over the Jezerce Lakes to Theti in Kelmend. August 2013.
Lauteraar, July 2013
Just a full day trip from Grimsel Hospiz along the Grimselsee and Unteraargletscher to the Lauteraarhütte. July 2013.
Julijske Alpe, Slovenia/Italy, May 2013
A week in the Slovenian Julian Alps staying in a house nearby Bovec and making a few trips well below and just above the snow line. May 2013.
Ossiach, Carinthia, May 2013
A pilgrimage to the Ossiach Benedictine monastery, to the alleged tomb of king Bolesław II the Bold. Carinthia, Austria, 18 May 2013.
Urstein, Vogesen, May 11th, 2013
A memorable spring day trip to the Vogesen mountains, the Urstein ridge nearby the castle of Nideck. 11 May 2013.
Cassubia, December 2012 / January 2013
The Chrismas week and New Year hidden in the heart of Cassubia, with trips to the towns and to the Baltic coast. December 2012 / January 2013.
Gomera, December 2012
Gomera visited a few months after a big forest fire. The smell was still present there in December 2012, but it definitely didn’t prevent us from exploring this specific island. December 2012.
Munţii Parâng şi Munţii Retezat, August 2012
Trekking through two beautiful ranges of southern Carpathians in Romania, Parâng and Retezat. Mountaneous Transilvania at its best, I suppose. August 2012.
Routeburn, Kinloch, Dart, November 2011
After the Milford Track, we followed two renowned tracks on the New Zealand’s Southern Island, Routeburn and Dart, with an excellent base in Kinloch by the shores of the overwhelming Lake Wakatipu. November 2011.
Milford Track, November 2011
Making an individual slot reservation almost a year before, we finally managed to make the all-too-famous Milford Track on the Southern Island of New Zealand in relatively fine weather. November 2011.