canyoning, AT

my first ever canyoning. great. the hochalpschlucht in the lechtal valley in tirol, austria, was most likely quite an easy tour ... but for me difficult enough 😄

we've stayed at the gasthof sonne in häselgehr, the probably worst hotel i coud imagine. we have had bunk beds (stockbett) and we were 3 guys in a 6 or 8 people room. by a strange coincidence i took a look in the 'closed' private area just behind a curtain and i've seen two horrific clutterer (messie) rooms which could belong to the owners .... anything positive out there? yes, it was really cheap, the breakfast for 5 € was surprisingly tasty and our canyoning base camp was just vis-à-vis over the street ...

not easy, is it? 😇

the next morning was everything fine: mk-canyoing base camp => village steeg => hochalpschlucht => short introduction => canyoning .... well, i was a little bit afraid, because it was my 1st time +  i've really no talent to handle all that ropes, buckles and handles + there is also already a fear of heights in certain circumstances + i also do not like water in my ears ... you probably ask yourself, why for hell's sake i decided to go there, doesn't you? well, in a weak situation of my mind i just promised my buddy to take part in this year's old boys weekend trip 😇🐋🍀

it was a beautiful experience and i'm happy i've joined the team💓... well, the beer garden afterwards in munich was nice, too 😎🍻🍀

enjoy few pictures:

not recommended: pension gasthof sonne in häselgehr

not our rooms. thx goodness!

mottos 1+2 for my decision to participate? 😂

lechtal valley, AT

hägerau, lechtal valley, tirol, austria, AT

3D paintings on the walls + some tirolian church

almost all of us in the hochalpschlucht (hopefully indistinct & anonymous enough as

i do not want to 'present' any of my buddies in the internet without asking them before)

i was told our creek enters here the lech river, but it seems to be much to small compared to my believes and memories from its size in germany in füssen / schongau / landsberg / augsburg 😃

few more pictures here.

rotwand 1884m

gruber generations goes hiking. the goal today? the rotwand (= red wall) peak 1884m in the beautiful bavarian alps. well, my father is 76 and still strong enough to: 

1. travel all the way from bratislava (pressburg) to munich
2. accomplish the 5.5 - 6.5 hours round trip with approx. 1,000 metres in height

nice, isnt it? 🌲🌞🍀

all in one 😃

after a short break at lake schliersee we could easily reach the hikers' parking slot at the old stone church above the lake spitzingsee. our tour? here we go: lake spitzingsee, pfanngraben valley, blecksteinhaus, waitzinger alm, rotwandhaus 1737m, rotwand 1884m, back to the lake spitzingsee, swimming in spitzingsee 🏊

i was so proud of my father that i made a corresponding status post at whatsapp, so all my friends can see how far we came today 💖

lake schliersee (777m above sea level)

the old stone church at lake spitzingsee (1084m above sea level)

pfanngraben valley

a nice waterfall + my father 💖 at the pfanngraben route

natural swimming pools (gumpen) in the pfanngraben valley

finaly above the forest line ...

.. we are so close to our vicrory 😀

rotwand 1884m

rotwandhaus 1737m + rotwand 1884m

rotwandhaus 1765m? wikipedia says 1737m 😃

what the hell do all that sheep up there?

more pictures here.

more bavarian lakes? here 😀