Hobi's first thing in the morning down Zugspitz straße for croissants and coffee

Happy birthday Duncan.

What can I say EPIC adventure. Our second kletterstaige in Mittenwald start slowly waiting half an hour for the lift up but when we did finally get there a 2 minute walk saw us to the start of the hardest climb yet. It was a little tricky with several hard traverses but I enjoyed every second. This was just stage one the hard climb before the long ridge walk. This part took us about 1.5 hours then to the start of the real rest. The sun was shining down on u...

We arranged to meet in Oberammergau for the first kletterstaige of the trip. A special trip for Lindas birthday. We got into a rickety old lift that departed every 20 minutes or so or when there were enough people to fill it up. At the top the weather was crystal clear . A quick check of the map and off we trotted. Halfway down the mountain round a few bends and another map stop later we realised we had gone a little wrong but regardless went back up and got the...

Our first full day at Garmisch started with the compulsory trip to the book shop for more maps and guide books for a plan of action. We decided a little gorge walk that we did last time would make a good warm up for the first day and good to tire the dogs out. the weather was stunning, blue sky and about 30 degrees much the sane as the last time we did it but not quite so humid. A good 3.5 hours with a stop for sandwiches at the river. This time people had put C...