We start after a hearty breakfast. That's the one good thing about staying in restaurants. I fill my water bottles from the tap behind the counter and start walking. There's bad weather ahead once more, but I hope to make it to my destination before it can get ugly. I fear that the first real highlight, crossing the Birkkarspitze, with more than 2700 meters the highest mountain in the Karwendel region. The forecast predicts snow there tomorrow towards noon, and the steep, steel rope secured...

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It's another short day today. At breakfast I learn that I'm not the only one who divided their day trip into two. With me at the breakfast table is Monika, and she's also heading to Venice. We talk a bit about this and that regarding our trips after the landlady serves us our not so opulent meal. Well, the jam is good and there's coffee with caffeine, that's still nine out of ten. I head out a little after her. The morning has lovely weather, and the first two kilometers wind through grassy...

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A last glimpse back down towards the Tutzinger hut.The weather is as perfect as forecast, and the cool breeze from the woods keeps the heat streaming towards the mounts from the lower regions in check. After a hearty breakfast and lots of coffee - I love huts where coffee isn't rationed like gold nuggets - I start alone, but I pass others and others pass me every so often. My blisters keep nagging me, so I'm not too disappointed when I learn that there's no room in the Karwendelhaus, my...

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It not only rained tonight, it poured buckets, but around 7 the rain turns into a trickle. I hurry with breakfast, pack my stuff and head off towards the Brauneck summit cable car. Just before the last few meters the clouds drop down again and I barely make it into my rain clothes in time. The church planned a mountain mass today, but I'm almost alone in the cable station, only the priest and two others also drive up. Halfway up lightning and thunder starts. That's not what I ordered. Upon...

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I start at 7 and get my breakfast from the gas station across from the hotel. After the first few hundred steps, the soreness in my legs is almost gone. I'm happy to get back from the tarmac onto gravel and forest paths - and suddenly I have the feeling that something is missing. My poles! Well, that means walking a kilometer back to the hotel, slipping in through an unlocked patio door and scaring the hell out of the poor breakfast staff, but that couldn't be helped. Reception is only manned...

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