Daily Distance – 26kmDaily Ascent – ~1200mDaily Descent – ~1600mTotal Distance – 1015kmDistance Remaining – 0km The journey is the end. Easy to say, far…
Day 59 – Jausenstation Neuschwand to Lingenau
Daily Distance – ~16kmDaily Ascent – ~430mDaily Descent – ~3000mTotal Distance – 970kmDistance Remaining – 26km Having started this journey alone, it seems somewhat fitting…
Day 58 – Sonthofen to Jausenstation Neuschwand
Daily Distance – 21kmDaily Ascent – 620mDaily Descent – 280mTotal Distance – 954kmDistance Remaining – 44km I feel it in my fingers I feel it…
Day 54 – Tannheim to Prinz Luitpold Haus
Daily Distance – 21kmDaily Ascent – 1750mDaily Descent – 1000mTotal Distance – 900kmDistance Remaining – 113km When one’s hiking top has achieved a sufficient salt…
Day 55 – Prinz Luitpold Haus to Oberstdorf
Daily Distance – 18kmDaily Ascent – 680mDaily Descent – 1700mTotal Distance – 918kmDistance Remaining – 95km As a motif for my final day on the…
Day 56 – Oberstdorf to Sonthofen
Daily Distance – 15kmDaily Ascent – ~50mDaily Descent – ~0mTotal Distance – 933kmDistance Remaining – 80km Outside the rain falls in an unending curtain, inside…
Day 53 – Pfronten to Tannheim
Daily Distance – 19kmDaily Ascent – 1130mDaily Descent – 930mTotal Distance – 879kmDistance Remaining – 134km I increasingly find that I have no recollection of…
Day 51 – Kenzenhütte to Füssen
Daily Distance – 22kmDaily Ascent – 750mDaily Descent – 1250mTotal Distance – 826kmDistance Remaining – 193km The winding roots of this walk reach as far…
Day 52 – Füssen to Pfronten
Daily Distance – 16kmDaily Ascent – 700mDaily Descent – 600mTotal Distance – 843kmDistance Remaining – 177km In this new era of 30°C heat, during my…
Day 50 – nr Lindenhof to Kenzenhütte
Daily Distance – 16kmDaily Ascent – 625mDaily Descent – 350mTotal Distance – 804kmDistance Remaining – 215km Just when one is in danger of forgetting that…
Day 49 – Garmisch-Partenkirchen to nr Lindenhof
Daily Distance – 22kmDaily Ascent – 900mDaily Descent – 200mTotal Distance – 788kmDistance Remaining – 231km The greatest surprise since this morning’s realisation that sardines…
Day 46/47/48 – Recovery Days
Daily Distance – 0kmDaily Ascent – 0mDaily Descent – 0mTotal Distance – 766kmDistance Remaining – 253km There is no denying it, I no longer have…
Day 45 – Herzogstand Summit to Eschenlohe to Murnau am Staffelsee
Daily Distance – 26kmDaily Ascent – 1200mDaily Descent – 1330mTotal Distance – 766kmDistance Remaining – 253km A first stage failure of the walk. Hot on…
Day 44 – Lenggries to Herzogstand Summit
Daily Distance – 32km (inc. 6km cable car)Daily Ascent – 1950m (exc. cable car)Daily Descent – 1650mTotal Distance – 740kmDistance Remaining – 279km Having just…
Day 43 – Lengries (almost) Rest Day
Daily Distance – 6kmDaily Ascent – 0mDaily Descent – 1000mTotal Distance – 708kmDistance Remaining – 309km The alpine hut culture of Europe is unique the…
Day 42 – Nr Grubereck to Lenggrieserhutte
Daily Distance – 25kmDaily Ascent – 1230mDaily Descent – 1330mTotal Distance – 702kmDistance Remaining – 315km One thing I have to get off my chest,…
Day 41 – Rotwandhaus to nr Grubereck
Daily Distance – 20km + detour for trail closureDaily Ascent – 1300mDaily Descent – 1350mTotal Distance – 677kmDistance Remaining – 340km My wild camp abode…
Day 40 – Brünnsteinhaus to Rotwandhaus
Daily Distance – 18kmDaily Ascent – 1480mDaily Descent – 1080mTotal Distance – 657kmDistance Remaining – 360km I nearly lost my shoe today to a sucking…
Day 39 – Spitzsteinhaus to Brünnsteinhaus
Daily Distance – 20kmDaily Ascent – 1000mDaily Descent – 900mTotal Distance – 639kmDistance Remaining – 378km As of this evening, there are now only nineteen…
Day 37 – Marquartstein to Kampenwand Station
Daily Distance – 12kmDaily Ascent – 1230mDaily Descent – 330mTotal Distance – 593kmDistance Remaining – 424km Sitting in the dining room of tonight’s hotel feels…
Day 36 – Ruhpolding to Marquartstein
Daily Distance – 22km (although my GPS had it as 28km)Daily Ascent – 1700mDaily Descent – 1800mTotal Distance – 581kmDistance Remaining – 436km Today was…
Day 38 – Kampenwand Station to Spitzsteinhaus
Daily Distance – 26kmDaily Ascent – 1300mDaily Descent – 1500mTotal Distance – 619kmDistance Remaining – 398km Fresh from my success with taking a dog-selfie, I…
Day 35 – Ruhpolding Rain Day
Daily Distance – 0kmDaily Ascent – 0mDaily Descent – 0mTotal Distance – 559kmDistance Remaining – 458km The good, if a little frustrating, news is that…
Day 34 – Unken to Ruhpolding
Daily Distance – 12km + 15km bus (to avoid a long, muddy, forest/cow pasture ascent/descent)Daily Ascent – ~50mDaily Descent – ~100mTotal Distance – 559kmDistance Remaining…
Day 33 – Camping Simonhof to Unken
Daily Distance – ~22kmDaily Ascent – ~900mDaily Descent – ~1100mTotal Distance – 532kmDistance Remaining – 481km A tough day. Today is the first day that…
Day 32 РK̦nigssee to Camping Simonhof (nr Taubensee)
Daily Distance – 20km (prob a bit less, but I went off trail today, so it’s difficult to say)Daily Ascent – ~700mDaily Descent – ~200mTotal…
Day 31 РK̦nigssee Rest Day
Daily Distance – 0kmDaily Ascent – 0mDaily Descent – 0mTotal Distance – 458kmDistance Remaining – 521km Fortunately my rain coat and trousers held up admirably…