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South Africa ’13, Part 3: Table Mountain

7 September, 2013 jpcorp Leave a comment

On our last day in Cape Town we hiked up Table Mountain via Skeleton Gorge hiking trail starting in the Kirstenborsch Botanical Garden, which is a more interesting trail compared to the shorter one starting in the Table Mountain Park J once did.

table1 — Received some “tribal make-up” from the waitress after breakfast in the Botanical Garden.

table2 — She said this was a wedding custom in the African tribes

table3 — The trail was actually even steeper than it looked on this picture.

table6 — Bloubergstrand in the background

table10 — Close to the end of our hiking trip with the Lion’s head in the background, one of Cape Town’s landmarks.

table mountain

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Herzogstand Heimgarten hiking

24 August, 2013 jpcorp Leave a comment

Hiking up Heimgarten and then going across the ridge to Herzogstand is one of the most spectacular hikes we have done so far. It’s pretty strenuous and takes almost 5 hours – but absolutely worth the effort!

Heimgarten-2 — First part of the hike mostly underneath the trees

Heimgarten-3 — View towards Herzogstand, our goal

Heimgarten-5 — A first glance at Walchensee

Heimgarten-6 — Second glance at Walchensee, a bit further up the mountain

Heimgarten-10 — Having a break at Heimgarten hut

Heimgarten-11 — View towards Herzogstand, our final goal

Heimgarten-13 — Kochelsee while walking across the ridge

Heimgarten-14 — In the upper left corner you can see Herzogstand, a small hut that had been built by King Ludwig II because of the great view across Walchen- and Kochelsee

Heimgarten-15 — Some parts of the ridge are steep and you better be careful

Heimgarten-16 — The trail across the ridge

Herzogstand Heimgarten

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Wallberg Tegernsee in summer time

15 June, 2013 jpcorp Leave a comment

This time we are hiking up Wallberg that greatly overlooks Tegernsee, approx. 900hm uphill. The trail is fairly easy to walk, but after the workout you surely will enjoy teh “Weizenbier” in the restaurant on the top.

The walkway is not too difficult but strenuous when the sun is hot

... and we go higher up — … and we go higher up

Going down with the cable car - better for our knees — Going down with the cable car – better for our knees

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Hirschberg / Tegernsee

7 June, 2013 jpcorp Leave a comment

Hiking up Hirschberg near Tegernsee – a classical tour in the Alps near Munich. Not too exciting though. The first ascend is nevertheless a pretty tough exercise!