Trek 3

High-Tatras (Vysoke Tatry), Slovakia
August 2009

Day 1 - warm-up
Route: Novy Smokovec (965 m) - Hrebienok (1284 m) - (795 m) - Sliezsky Dom via the main route of Tatry Magistrale (1667 m) - Velicka Dolina - Velicke Pleso (lake) - Veliczky Vodopad (waterfall) - Kretnica (alpine medow) - Dlhe Pleso (1945 m) - back to Novy Smokovec on the yellow route
Duration: net 6-7 hours hiking
Length: approx. 17 km

Day 2
Route: Novy Smokovec (965 m) - Hrebienok (1284 m) - Mala studena dolina (valley) - Téryho chata (2015 m) - Siroka veza* (2352 ) - Zbojnicka chata (1960 m) - Velka sudena dolina (valley) - Hrebienok - Novy Smokovec
Duration: net 8 hours hiking
Length: approx. 25 km
* get prepared for a chained section of 100 meter wall climbing!! Hiking boots are highly recommended.

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http://tatry.sk/
http://www.tatraguide.sk/index_en.php

You can easily buy Tatra maps on site and English language guide books for hiking are also available in the supermarket and sport shops.

Trek 2.

Jungfrau Region, Switzerland
July 2009

Route: Kleine Scheidegg (2061 m) - Biglenalp - Mettla - Stalden - Trümmelbach Steg (1100 m) - Lauterbrunnen (795 m)
Duration: 3 hours hiking and 2 hours trekking with chains and stoney slopes
Length: approx. 17 km
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfrau
http://www.jungfraubahn.ch/

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Useful guidebook to the Jungfrau region with
trekking/hiking routes and
local transportation connections


Other destination in the region:
Schilthorn
Schynige Platte
Aareschlucht

Trek 1.

Pulpit Rock, Norway
June 2007
Duration: 3,5-4 hours round-trip hike
Length: 7,5 km

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preikestolen

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