The Westweg

This is a classic hiking route through Germany’s Black Forest. Traveling through the area, I could not resist. This was etappe (stage) 10, through the Feldberg. The Westweg is over 280 km long. This day I covered only a few. More work to be done.

Hiking Stuttgart

This was a surprise. The city itself is in a valley, with hills to climb seemingly in all directions. A brisk morning hike up to the Tea House in Weissenburg Park was the perfect antidote for the jet lag from the previous day. A work out at CrossFit Stuttgart, a little later that morning, did … Continue reading Hiking Stuttgart

Hiking the Bavarian Alps

Day one: Oberstdorf, Germany [900 meters] to Rappensee Hutte [2,100 meters] Day two: Rappensee Hutte down to 1,500 meters and back up to 2,100 meters (Mindelheimer Hutte) Day three: summit climb (2,370 meters), then down to Mittelberg, Austria (1,200 meters). Epic 3 days in late September. Challenging, but in the words of our hiking leader, … Continue reading Hiking the Bavarian Alps