Hiking in Germany The Black Forest Westweg The Trail Westweg: 13 stages and 280 km through theBlack Forest, from Pforzheim in the North to the Swiss city of Basel in the South. Profile The Black Forest is the most famous of all German Mittelgebirge (literally “mountains of medium size”), the country’s sub-Alpine mountain ranges. It is…
Guest Post: Easy Hikes in Italy Cinque Terre by Dave and Deb Hiking, we all had to start somewhere. My husband Dave and I have been trekking and climbing for a few years now. But it was our first hike into the Bruce Trail in Ontario, Canada that made us realize that hey, people actually…
A guest post by Melvin Boecher The Calmont Klettersteig in Bremm by the Mosel in Germany – a two and a half hour adventure hike. Not suitable for people who suffer from vertigo. (Narrow paths and steep slopes are part of the package.) If, however, heights hold no fear for you, you should not miss…
A guest post by Richard Davidian Ph.D. How to Choose an Easy Hiking Backpack Every sport has its equipment. Some sports have very little equipment to choose from. Other sports have long lists of items that vie for your attention. Hiking and backpacking fall into the latter category. There are many things to choose from…
A guest post by Vera Marie Badertscher Hiking in Aravaipa In Greek mythology, the three-headed dog Cerberus guards the gates of Hell. In Arizona, cats do the job. It was a perfect October day as my husband Ken and I headed for the east end of Aravaipa Canyon,[air-ah-VIPE-a] the wilderness area canyon stretching northeast from…
Escape. Breaking out. Leaving it all behind – every day routines, places, surroundings … Isn’t that what every good holiday is all about? Look around you: while you are reading this, you are, in all probability, surrounded by walls and when you look out from your “little cell”, all you will be able to see is a…
What Easy Hiking Equipment to Have If you want to play baseball, you need a bat, if you want to go fishing, you need a tackle (unless you are very quick with your hands). And if you want to go on a hike, even an easy hike, you also need some specific easy hiking equipment. Some…
A guest post from Ted Nelson Easy hiking, as its name hints, should be a leisurely and enjoyable activity, but anytime one ventures out into the great outdoors there are certain items to bring or lessons to follow that can avoid a dangerous situation. There is always a risk when taking a hike into nature….
Let’s have a hiking photo blog, said Mrs Easy Hiker. It was only when I had such a hard time finding anything halfway decent in our archive of our easy hiking in Germany that I realized how poor the photographs are that we actually have or, put differently, how few of them are actually good…