- 2024: Switzerland, Portugal, Madeira, Austria, Denmark, USA, Liechtenstein
- 2023: Switzerland, Namibia, Botswana, Austria, Cyprus, Portugal, Italy, UK
- 2022: USA, Croatia, Hungary, Czech, France, Monaco, Poland, Austria
- 2021: Switzerland
- 2020: Turkey, Austria, Ireland
- 2019: Greece, Switzerland, USA, Austria, France
- 2018: UK, Austria, France, Malta, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, USA, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico
- 2017: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Lebanon, Netherlands, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, Spain, France, Andorra, Bolivia, Peru
- 2016: Peru, Turkey, Greece, Iceland, Spain, Canada, USA, UK
- 2015: UK, Jordan, Israel, Italy, Spain
- 2014: Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Thailand, Dubai, Morocco
- 2013: Morocco, Spain, Turkey, Ireland,
- 2012: Spain
- 2011: Austria, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
- 2010: USA, Spain, Portugal
- 2008: USA
- 2007:
- 2006: USA, UK
- 2005: UK, Italy
- 2003: Australia
- 2002: Australia
- 1999: USA
- 1998: Russia
Hiking Chronology
Hiking 2024
Osterhofen – Soinsee – Taubensteinhaus – Spitzingsee – September
Bayrischzell – Speck-Alm – Sudelfeld – Brünnsteinhaus – Hocheck – Oberaudorf – September
Liechtenstein (Balzers, Triesen, Triesenberg, Vaduz, Nelen, Mauren, Schellenberg, Schaanwald) – August
Riederstein (Tegernsee, Galaun, Riederstein, Schliersee) – Juli
Galaun (Tegernsee, Galaun – Tegernsee) – Juni
Hocheck (Oberaudorf Hocheck – Wenger Stadl – Oberaudorf (Juni)
Brauneck (Lengriess – Brauneck – Lenggriess – Juni
Aueralm (Lenggries – Aueralm – Sonnenbichl – Bad Wiessee) – Juni
Lenggrieser Hütte (Lenggries – Kalvarienberg – Grasleitensteig- Lenggrieser Hütte – Seekar – Sulzer Steig – Lengrries) – May
Geierstein – (Lenggries – Geierstein – Lenggries) – (May)
Denkalm – (Lenggries – Tratenbach – Denkalm – Lenggries) – (May)
Tegernsee ( Tegernsee – Neureuth, Gindelalm, Huberspitz, Huber Alm, Hausham (May)
Tegernsee – (via Prinzenweg – Alpbachtal– Hennererhof) – Schliersee (April)
Rathen – Amselsee – Schwedenlöcher – Bastei – Rathen (April)
Königstein – Lilienstein – Königstein (April)
Schliersee Umrundung (January)
Hiking in 2023
Garmisch – Partnachklamm – Schachen – Elmau (August)
Hiking in 2022
Westweg (Wilhelmshöhe – Titisee – Hinterzarten – Feldberg – Belchen – Wiednenr Eck – Blauen – Kandern – Lörrach) – August
Hiking in 2021
Westweg (Pforzheim, Dobel, Forbach – Schwarzenbach Talsperre, Hausach- Wilhelmshöhe) – June-August
Hiking in 2019
Eibsee (October)
Tegernsee – Wallberg (Mai)
Hiking in 2018
Austria (Achensee (Rofan – Streichkopf – Dalfaz Alm – Steinernes Tor – , Walchensee) – October
Austria (Kufstein ) – September
Südtirol (Ceves(Tschöfas) – Gspoi Hof -Unterpulg Hütte – Heiligkreuzkapelle Raschötz – St Ulrich)
Germany (Schliersee – Tegernsee, Kochel am See, Ohlstadt) – June
Germany (Spitzingsee, Schliersee, Bayrischzell) – May
Germany (Schliersee, Schliersee -Streichkopf – Neureuth – Tegernsee, Mittenwald) – April
Austria (St. Johann in Tirol) – March
Hiking in 2017
Austria (Ehrwald) – Juni
Germany (Grän & Tannheim) – Juni
Hiking in 2016
Germany (Wessobrunn) – Juni
Hiking
Hiking
2018
– Achensee – Rofan – Hochiss – Dafalzalm (Austria)
– Ohlstadt – Heimgarten – Walchensee
– Kaisergebirge, Pfandlhof – Anto Karg – Haus (Austria – Kufstein)
– Neunerköpfle – Landsberger Hütte Vilsalpsee – Tannheim – Tannheimer Tal
– Gspoi – Hof weg Nr35 – Unterpulg – Gipfelkruz, – St. Ulrich, Laion, Südtirol
– Naturpark Puez-Geissler
– Walchensee – Heimgarten – Herzogstand – Walchensee
– Schliersee – Tegernsee
– Wendelstein
Travel Chronology
Travel 2024
Liechtenstein August
Austria (Vienna), Switzerland (Zurich, Chur, Arosa, Scuol-Tarasp, Andermatt) September
Denmark (Struer, Kitmoeller, Lokken, Skagen, Arlborg, Aarhus, Svendborg. Thurö By, Brunsneaes) USA (Nashville)July
Germany (Frankfurt. Berlin) June
Germany (Frankfurt), Austria (Vienna) – May
Germany (Meissen, Dresden, Pirna, Moritzburg, Frankfurt) April
Madeira (Funchal), Germany (Hanover, Augsburg) Austria (Vienna) – March
Portugal (Lisbon, Sintra) Germany (Regensburg) – February
Switzerland (Baden,) Germany (Frankfurt) – January
Travel in 2023
UK (London) – December
Switzerland (Zurich) Germany (Frankfurt) – November
Austria (Vienna), Germany (Nürnberg) – October
Switzerland (, Geneva, Lausanne – Halbinsel Au, Fiesliberg, Einsideln) Germany (Frankfurt) – September
Italy (Firenze, Siena, Val d’Orcia, Pienza, Montepulciano, Grosseto, Torino) – August
Cyprus (Larnaca, Aya Napa, Famagusta, Varosha, Girne, Paphos, Limassol, Nicosia), Portugal (Lisbon) – July
Switzerland (Zurich), Austria (Bregenz) Germany (Schloss Krickenbeck) – June
Switzerland (Lausanne) – March
Switzerland (Lucerne) – February
Namibia (Windhoek, Swakopmund, Palmwag, Etosha National Park, Tsumeb RiverDance Lodge, Divundu, Gobabis, Kalahari, Sessriem, Sossusvlei, Deadvlei, Rehoboth) Botswana (Kasane, Maun) – January
Travel in 2022
USA (San Diego), Hawaii: Oahu (Honolulu). Maui (Lahaina) – November
Germany (Munich) – October
Germany (Frankfurt, Munich), Croatia (Zadar), Czech (Prague) Hungary (Budapest)- September
Germany (Triberg – Titisee – Hinterzarten – Feldberg – Wiedener Eck – Belchen – Blauen – Kandern – Lörrach) – August
France (Marseille, Cannes, Antibes, Grasse) Monaco (Monte Carlo) – July
France (Paris, Tours, Blois, Amboise) – June
Poland (Warsaw) – May
Croatia (Opatija, Velosko, Krk, Porec Zagreb) Germany (Bernried)- April
Germany (Freiburg) – March
Austria (Damüls), Czech (Karlsbad) Germany (Prien am Chiemsee)– February
Travel in 2021
Switzerland (Interlaken, Gstaad, Locarno, Bellinzona) – September
Germany (Bernried – Starnberger See) – June
Travel in 2020
Germany (Sylt) – September
Turkey (Istanbul, Izmir) Austria (Lofer) Germany (Tegernsee)- March
Ireland (Cork) Germany (Darmstadt)- January
Travel in 2019
Greece (Athens) – November
Germany (Berlin) – October
Switzerland (Zurich) – November
USA (Seattle), Austria (Salzburg, Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser) – September
France (Rennes, St.Malo, Quimper, Carnac) – August
Germany (Aurach) – April
Austria (Kaltenbach) – February
Austria (St. Johann) – January
Travel in 2018
United Kingdom (Windsor) – December
Austria (Achensee) France (Strasbourg)- October
Austria (Kufstein), Malta – September
Bulgaria (Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv, Veliko Tarnovo, Sofia), Turkey (Istanbul), United Kingdom (Windsor) – August
Italy (Dolomites, Tschöfas) – July
England (Farnborough), Austria (Tannheimer Tal) – June
Spain (Madrid) – May
Austria – (St Johann in Tirol, Stubaital), Spain (Salou/Tarragona/ Barcelona) – March
US: North Carolina (Raleigh), Florida (Orlando, St Petersburg, Miami, Key West)- February
Guatemala (Antigua, Lago de Atitlan, Tikal NP), Belize (Key Caulker), Mexico (Playa del Carmen) – January
Travel in 2017
Panama (Panama City, San Blas Islands, Boquete, Bocas del Toro), Costa Rica (Manuel Antonio, San Jose, Monteverde), Nicaragua (Granada, Isla de Ometepe, Managua, Leon), El Salvador (El Sunzal), Guatemala (Antigua)- December
Lebanon (Beirut, Byblos, Baalbek) – October
Netherlands (Amsterdam, Ede) – September
Croatia (Zagreb, Plitvice, Split), Serbia (Belgrad), Macedonia (Tetovo), Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro (Budva) – August
Austria (Ehrwald) – June
Slovenia (Ljubljana), Austria (Wörthersee), Italy (Triest)- May
Hungary (Budapest) – April
Spain (Salou/ Tarragona), France (Pyrenees, Perpignan, Castelnou), Andorra– March
Austria (Vienna) – February
Bolivia (La Paz) Peru (Nasca, Lima)- January
Travel in 2016
Peru (Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Titicaca) – December
Turkey (Istanbul, Bodrum), Greece (Kos) – October
Iceland – July
Spain (Salou/ Tarragona)- March
Canada (Toronto), US: North Carolina (Raleigh) – February
England (Farnborough) – January
Travel in 2015
England (Farnborough) – December
Germany (Neuschwanstein ) – August
Germany (Berlin) , Italy (Sicily) -July
Jordan (Amman, Petra, Mai in), Israel (Jerusalem), England (London) – March
Italy (Vicenza), Spain (Montserrat) – January
Travel in 2014
Spain (Madrid) – December
Germany (Eibsee) – November
Spain (Gran Canaria), Austria (Ebbs) – October
Austria (Kitzbühel) – September
Spain ( Girona, Figures), France (Annecy), Switzerland (Montreux, Lausanne) – June
Thailand (Bangkok, Kho Tao, Kho Pha Ngan, Kho Phi Phi, Phuket) , Dubai – March
Morocco (Fez, Meknes, Casablanca), Spain – January
Travel in 2013
Morroco (Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tetouan, Chefchouen), Gibraltar, Spain (Madrid) – December
Spain (Madrid, Pamplona, Bilbao) – July
Spain (Madrid, Almansa) Turkey (Antalya)- June
Ireland (Dublin), Spain (Madrid) – May
Spain (Madrid) – April
Spain (Madrid, Valencia) – January
Travel in 2012
Spain (Alicante, Madrid) – December
Spain (Madrid) – September
Spain (Madrid, La Coruna, Santiago di Compostela, Ribadero ) – August
Germany (Königsee) – July
Spain (Madrid) – May
Spain (Madrid) – March
Spain (Madrid, Pyrenees – Cerler) – February
Travel in 2011
Austria (Vienna) – December
Spain (Mallorca, Madrid) – September
Italy (Dolomites, Verona), Germany (Neuschwanstein) – August
Austria (Vienna) – June
Spain (Madrid, Seguenza) – April
Argentina (Buenos Aires, Iguazu) Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, Paraty, Sao Paolo, Costa Verde), Paraguay (Iguazu) – March
Travel in 2010
Portugal (Porto) – October
Ireland (Kerry) – August
USA (New York, San Antonio, Houston) – January
Travel in 2008
USA (San Francisco, Los Angelos, San Diego, Joshua National Park, Las Vegas, Sacramento, 4 corners, ….)
Travel in 2006
USA (Austin) – October
UK (Lincoln) – May
Mittenwald – Wildensee – Hoher Kranzberg – Ferchensee
Tour: Start at Mittenwald station, cross the picturesque town and go uphill to cable car Kranzberg. From there, go to the right and follow the signs to Wildensee (Route 829). Pass hump meadows and a needle tree forest before getting on an asphalt. After a few hundred meter get into the forest and arrive at Wildensee. Behind Berggasthof Wildensee a hiking trail (route 809)follows up to Hoher Kranzberg peak. Return south to Ferchensee and pass Lautersee before arriving in Mittenwald again.
Time: 4,5h
Highest peak: 1391m
Tour: 14km and 5450m altimeter
Best season: May – November
Spitzingsee – Hike to Taubenstein
The mountain Taubenstein (1693m) is located in Magfallgebirge belonging to Schlierseer Berge near Spitzingsee.
Tour: After the church at Spitzingsee, cross the gate and walk 100m on Valeppostraße. Keep left and follow the asphalt road uphill. It takes 55 min to pass Oberer Maxlrainer Alm and after 2nd curve enter a small path to the right. From now on, it will be steeper and a rockier to go up to Taubenstein cable railway and its peak.
Return: From the peak go back to the cable railway and turn left ad go down the slope.
Time: 2h uphill to Taubenstein – 1,5 return to Spitzingsee. Alltogether the roundtrip takes 4,5h
Highest peak: 1636m
Tour: 11km and 800m altimeter
Best season: Mid-May til October
Jordan
Jordan
Amman
Dead Sea
Ma’in Hot Springs
Petra
Kerak
Middle East
Lebanon
Dubai
North America
Washington DC
New York
California
4 corners
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Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio
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La Fortuna/ Laguna de Arenal
drive to the lake
Monteverde
nightwalk
San Jose