Long Distance Backpacking

[Broch]

Guys, this is a ten year old thread; he's long left our forum

 

[Janne]

Ooops! Anyway, the trail system I mentioned is excellent!
Walk it, you will love it.

 

[Sundowner]

Have you thought of the Camino de Santiago de Compostella(sp) - there are start points all over Europe inc Germany - not just in France...

And they include really nice walks over the Pyrenees. You can also choose between pyrenaen foot hills or the higher ones. Walk through Asturias?

 

[Sundowner]

Guys, this is a ten year old thread; he's long left our forum

Dont care! Its a thread full of good suggestion

 

[Janne]

Do you think he got lost in the Pyrenees or Swedish mountains?

 

[Erbswurst]

Perhaps he tried to walk the Westweg and got lost in Pforzheim.

Pforzheim seems to be the Bermuda Triangle in the Black Forest Area.

A lot of Pubs, you know?

 

[Sundowner]

I'd put my money on crossing the Alps from Germany to Italy via Austria

 

[Erbswurst]

But start in Bavaria, not in Pforzheim!
It's to dangerous there!

 

[Janne]

Pforzheim, the home of the Laco B-uhr!

 

[Sundowner]

But start in Bavaria, not in Pforzheim!
It's to dangerous there!

Don't I know !
Well dodgy place!!

 

[salad]

I live in the alps , on the border between Germany and Austria .
There are lots of options and routes you can do .
If you are not used to walking in the mountains with a full pack then I would advise following hanibals route as this has more valleys and less peaks to cross.
Go as light weight as you can
Keep an eye on weather forecasts. Rain is not a problem but we can get a lot of thunder storms in the more humid seasons . Not even the most experienced mountain hikers here go high up when there is lighting about , it a real risk and a killer here

Train before you do this mountain.s can be hard on the body

 

[Sundowner]

Ahhh progress in finding what happened to the OP. Killed by lightening right where I said earlier!!!

 

[mousey]

Hmmmmm

any pistachio nut shells in the vicinity....

 

[Erbswurst]

Perhaps he was killed by a thunderstorm in Pforzheim?
The Umbrellas in the Beer Gardens there are really heavy!


But perhaps his choice was the silky street, and he is simply still walking?

 

[oldtimer]

The OP wasn't called Otzi was he?

 

[Janne]

Maybe that what he is called today......
As we now, the Archeologists can get things, including stone circles, wrongly dated......

 

[Erbswurst]

No, they had been absolutely sure about Ötzi.

The only things which cause some problems are a british ID card and an Apple I-phone with charger and international plug adapter which they found in Ötzi's ruck sack.

Currently they think, it was a joke from Reinhold Messner.