Next destination: The Tour of the Jungfrau region

Call me boring but I'll be heading back to Switzerland and to Bernese Oberland this summer, to walk again under the watchful trio of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. The Tour of the Jungfrau region begins near Interlaken and circles clockwise some 100km in the popular area. I'll be sharing the path with Alpine Pass Route …

Revisiting Alpine Pass Route

The last summer me and my old hiking pal, mr Overhill, wanted to see some real mountains. Because both of us having only very limited time in our hands, we decided to head straight to the most famous part of the Swiss Alps and walk from Meiringen to Kandersteg via trail that was already familiar …

GR11 – Trip report part I/II

DAY 1 - Írun to Amargunko Lepoa (17km, 773m/473m, 12:15-19:00) Turning my back to the coastal city of Írun feels exciting and bit scary, even though I'm posing bravely in the departure photo. For the first time in my life, I would step into the Pyrenees and for a reason, my mind feels restless. "Impossible!" …

GR11 – Trip video

I'm still unsure how much to write about the adventure that never ended in an epic way I had dreamed of so unlike before, I decided to edit the trip video first. Although, as my plan was to walk the whole GR11, I didn't shoot that much material during my time there in Spain. I …

Next destination: GR11 – The Spanish Pyrenees

(map from OpenStreetMap.org, edited by me) For long it has been clear to me that one day I would find myself standing near the border between France and Spain, at the shore of the Bay of Biscay. But instead of crowded and relatively flat road walk or coastal path towards Santiago de Compostela, my own pilgrimage would head east, to the mountains and towards the distant Mediterranean, facing whatever challenge the Pyrenees can throw against.

AVAILABLE NOW – Alone Through the Alps: from Lake Geneva to Nice on the GR5

The English edition of my GR5 book - Alone Through the Alps: from Lake Geneva to Nice on the GR5, is now available HERE as an Amazon Kindle eBook. If needed, here's a free Kindle reading application for different devices (PC, Mac, phones, tablets). A PDF alternative can be found at Payhip (requires Paypal or …