Life is not a Practice

Got the hang of this "hiking" thing. Just walk with interesting people and then you don't notice how boring it is :-)



Gertrud and Jon kept me amused during a 70 minute walk today.
https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=bzdnuprxcsupyyvp

6.5KM and we achieved 5.5km/h. Not so bad.

Can't MTB. Can't road bike. :-(
So have to walk :-(

This morning I walked to Haslach and back "just for the exercise"
https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=tmtetzaqhvymuwkr



and this afternoon to the Schlossbergalm with Christine for a good long chat.
https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ttvjsqpzaiwckwso

A total of 12.7km.

From today (2 weeks after the OP) I no longer ned to wear my "mobile shelf" so I went for a walk to Bayerstetten and back. Gentle and slow but my shoulder isn't hurting so we are getting there.
https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=wniwnayngyiajohe

I am also doing a set of exercises six times a day to stop my shoulder siezing up.

Still walking around with my shoulder on a "mobile shelf" round my neck so no big adventures planned today. I have to wear this thing for another 10 days. Great!

But I managed a monster tour all the way to Gschwend and back. 4.5km. Had to stop and rest at Chris' and then for a coffee at Strömer's in Brand. I can't believe that only 10 days ago I did the Uina tour.



[next day] did the same walk again. Much quicker and less out of breath. Must be getting fit.

The smallest tour this year. 1.5km with 35 meters of climbing. On Friday I had a small operation on my shoulder. Sunday lunchtime they took the last tubes out so I went for a walk up the neighbouring hillock in the sun. I think I took about an hour :-)

Tuesday evening but just Heidi and I.
Cycled up towards Haslacheralp in the drizzle and then turned left to Bayerstetten Kopf. Back down to Bayerstetten where it started chucking it down. It was like having buckets of water tipped over you. In the five minutes it took to get home, we were soaked through.

10km and 348 meters of climbing. Track is at https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=bliwbxapcexnrvbd

Caro has been planning this tour all summer and on Friday my shoulder is being operated on so it was "now or not this year".

We were on the motorway by 04:30 and in Martina (Switzerland) two hours later.



Cycled up the Engadin to Sur En and then up the Uina valley to the Uina Dadaint Alp for breakfast. Then on through the gallery to the Sesvenna hut in Italy. Via Burgeis and Reschen back in to Austria and then back down to the cars.

Three countries in 12 hours

72km and 2228 meters of climbing (1200 in one go - no wonder I was knackered). Track is at https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=cjvvfqqqxgczmskf

Wera, Bettina and I cycled to the Allatsee for a swim.
(They swam I didn't because of the tape on my broken toe)



The route there was partly on paths I didn't even know existed.

This years "firm summer party" was waterskiing.
Great fun and my big toe is only "a bit broken"



And they let Daniel and I on the lift together.

Five of us set off from the Alpspitzhalle and three of us did the whole tour - Wera, Bettina and I. Moni and Karin turned home earlier so didn't get rained on as we did.



33km and 786 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=tixsxpolsuafsles

thursday evening tour planned by Wera. Wera, Gisela, Karin K., Moni JS, Jon and I.



36km and 661 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=lscjoxzhttgzkmwn

Second day in Vinschgau. Wera had a plan but the cable car only took bikes up before nine or after three o'clock so we needed a new plan.



Decided on the Tarscher Trail. All the up hill was with a chair lift and then an S1-S2 grade trail back downhill.

5km and no uphill climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=wmnxqhsssvdhbtix

Pictures from Gremml at https://photos.app.goo.gl/NVRn60ZyJftumCbf2

On Friday night the weather forecast was rain, wet and snow so I drove to Vinschgau to go trailing with Wera, Heidi and Gremml.



Today we did the Holy Hansen trail and the the Aigen Trail. Lots of great trailing, super weather and great fun.

28km and 1343 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=xlbjwnlkvoupmged

Wera was with Heidi in Vinschgau so Bettina and I joined Group One. Paulina is 8 monthe pregnant and still faster uphill than me. The two grandmothers as well.



24km and 770 meters of uphill. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=vmdgduueokfrpubt

Wera and Gremml, Bettina and I.
It was very hot when we left but once the sun went down and we were in the trees, it was pleasant.



Stopped off at the Sorg Alp on the way home for a beer and a few "schnapps". There we met all the others from the other two groups who had also stopped for a drink.

41km with 889 meters of climbing.

Tuesday evening and the three of us went cycling. Jon had already decided on the Hopfensee - Füssen - Vils tour so we did that at a relatively gentle pace.



On the way home Heidi suggested swimming. Jon and I stripped off and jumped in while Heidi talked to her vet.

45km and 472 meters of climbing.

Between the rain today there was a dry spell so we headed off up the Reuttewanne. Unfortunately I was "on duty" today and received an alert on my mobile phone so had to return home to fix it. Just as we got home, it began to rain again.



14km and 505 meters of climbing.