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Joe Penner went for a hike
November 3, 2026 at 06:47
Hermannshöhenweg Etappe 10 Kleinenberg nach Marsberg
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Joe Penner went for a hike
November 2, 2026 at 07:54
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November 2, 2026
The penultimate stage, stage 9. Please make sure to read my comment on stage 10. It will take a while to write, but it is recommended for conclusions and possibly for those who will hike the trail after me.
Now, about today. I started at 9:00 AM in a light drizzle. The Iburg ruins were a refuge for the
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Joe Penner went for a hike
November 1, 2026 at 08:20
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November 1, 2026
Now for the 8th stage. Timing-wise, it was very strange. I started shortly after 9:00 AM. The information desk and the ticket office at Externsteine open around 10:00 AM. The view from the window said it had rained overnight and it was foggy. I was already about to get annoyed that I might not see Externsteine
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Joe Penner went for a hike
October 31, 2026 at 06:51
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October 31, 2026
There was thick fog this morning. I still had to walk just under 3 km from my hotel to the Hermannshöhenweg. The breakfast was great. Then I set off. Unfortunately, the fog hadn't cleared even when I reached the highlight of the route, the Hermannsdenkmal. The souvenir shop sometimes has very outrageous
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Joe Penner went for a hike
October 30, 2026 at 08:57
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October 30, 2026
This morning at breakfast I asked for tea and was told that I could get hot water from the coffee machine and the tea varieties were next to it. I replied that that was great. A guest standing next to me then said, some say one thing and others say another. With this breakfast and this hotel, I immediately
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Joe Penner went for a hike
October 29, 2026 at 06:32
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October 29, 2026
Knowing that today would be a relatively long route, I set off shortly after half past seven. In Borgholzhausen I wandered around at first because, suddenly, the H was gone. After a short detour, I finally found the path. The first part was flat and I made good progress. Then it went up to Burg Ravensberg
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Joe Penner went for a hike
October 28, 2026 at 08:10
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October 28, 2026
At 9:00 it was time to set off again. At the listening station at the end of the road, I wanted to start komoot and realized that I didn't have the tour offline yet. So I turned my camera phone into a hotspot and quickly downloaded the route. Then followed the ascent to the ridge. It had rained again
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Joe Penner went for a hike
October 27, 2026 at 08:02
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October 27, 2026
It started at 9:00 a.m. today. Sunshine and warm temperatures were forecast. It must have rained quite a bit during the night. You could say that over half of the path was mud or leaves with mud. There weren't that many attractions on the route today, but I had a decent view in return. I couldn't get
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Joe Penner went for a hike
October 26, 2026 at 14:38
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October 26, 2026
Today, after my second stage, I ended up in Tecklenburg. A few people on the route told me the town is supposed to be beautiful. Since my stage today was very short and I started late to make it to the hotel check-in on time, I still had time for this walk. At one point, they wanted to convert the castle
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Joe Penner went for a hike
October 26, 2026 at 09:12
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October 26, 2026
Today I started quite late, as I only had a few kilometers ahead of me and I can't check into the hotel until 3:00 PM. First, I had to get back to the ridge, back onto the Hermannsweg. There would have been many views along the way, but there was low-hanging fog, so you couldn't necessarily see very
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Joe Penner went for a hike
October 25, 2026 at 07:52
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October 25, 2026
Here we go... The technology, like my phone, is only just barely holding up. Today's route is flat land, then the hills come. But today's route wasn't that bad either. The first forest sections were like the ones back home. It only got better later on. Rheine's city center is quite pretty, but the little
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Joe Penner and Vronika went for a hike
October 4, 2026 at 06:50
Fulda-IML-Marsch 2026 Tag 3/3 30 km
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October 6, 2026
Quick foot, comrade! 😉
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Joe Penner went for a hike
October 3, 2026 at 06:49
Fulda-IML-Marsch 2026 Tag 2/3 30 km
Heute ging es los. Der deutsche IML-Marsch "Fulda" startete mit der dem Vereinsgeburtstag des Organisatorvereins Volssportfreunde Fulda e.V. Das Wetter war morgens sehr frisch mit 9 °C und sehr neblig. So, dass man auch nicht wirklich etwas sah. Die Strecke war wie immer sehr asphaltlastig. Ich bin zunächst mit einen…
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Joe Penner and others went for a hike
October 2, 2026 at 12:29
Geführte Wanderung zum Mount Kali in Neuhof
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October 3, 2026
Very interesting! That is a good idea.
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Joe Penner went for a hike
September 12, 2026 at 05:43
7. Fontanewandermarathon
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September 12, 2026
In the spring, I was lucky enough to get a highly sought-after starting spot for the Fontanewandermarathon, which is limited to 500 people. This time in Rheinsberg on the occasion of Crown Prince Heinrich's 300th birthday. The brother of Frederick II, 14 years his junior. He had spent 50 years of his
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November 3, 2026
This morning I set off at 7:30. After all, I had a longer distance ahead of me. If you read it like that: 32 km and a longer distance, but with my luggage and the little aches and pains, it's probably like that. This time there was proper sunshine at the start and cold temperatures. When I came out of
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