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- PatrickNovember 2, 2025
Today's hike started at the free and very large parking lot at the Mespelbrunn hiking lodge in the Spessart region. A hike through the Spessart? At the beginning of the 19th century, that would have been considered a trip only for the suicidal and the reckless. After all, everyone knew back then that
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- PatrickNovember 1, 2025
Today was day two of my hiking weekend, and today's tour started at the parking lot below Alzenau Castle. After yesterday's hike in Rhineland-Palatinate, today's destination was Bavaria. This is probably the most Hessian-like corner of the Free State 😁. Of course, the die-hard local patriots among the
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- PatrickOctober 31, 2025
The 17th hike of my challenge this year took me to Rheinhessen today, more precisely to Nierstein, south of Mainz. So, a part of the Rhine I'm completely unfamiliar with.
The hike starts at a free parking lot by the Heyl Gardens in Nierstein. From there, after a short loop through the town, the trail
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Patrick went for a hike.
November 3, 2025
Noch moderat oder doch schon schwer? Die Länge der Tour und die teils doch intensiven Anstiege sprechen für Letzteres.
02:40
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5.5km/h
500m
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Patrick went for a hike.
November 2, 2025
Wäre da der eine scharfe Anstieg nicht - die Tour hätte sich locker ein "leicht" verdient. So aber wird ein "moderat" daraus.
01:47
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Patrick went for a hike.
November 1, 2025
Moderate Wanderung auf gut ausgebauten Wegen.
02:34
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5.7km/h
250m
260m
Patrick went for a hike.
October 31, 2025
Mittelschwere Wanderung. Gute Grundkondition erforderlich. Überwiegend gut begehbare Wege.
02:24
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5.8km/h
240m
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Today was the day, my last hike of the year and also my final challenge of this year's challenge (I'll write more about that tomorrow).
When I saw this tour in my book, I thought the author couldn't be serious, given that the book's subtitle is "Beautiful Hiking Tours in the Rhine-Main Region" 🙈.
The
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