Did you know that there are two Mount Olympuses? Not only the famous Greek mountain can boast of this name. You can find Mount Olympus also in Cyprus. I was surprised how high the mountain …
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Peak 14: Greece – Mount Olympus
The mountain of gods was one of the biggest surprises of my whole expedition. Mount Olympus is simply so beautiful that I quickly understood why Zeus and his colleagues chose this mountain to rule from. …
Continue readingPEAK 13: Bulgaria – Musala
The mountain Musala is the proud highest mountain of the Balkans. The Greeks would happily erase this mountain from the map to have their Mount Olympus highest but Zeus is not that strong anymore. This …
Continue readingPEAK 12: Romania – Moldoveanu Peak
I have to be honest. Moldoveanu Peak is the mountain which I underestimated most of all EU Peaks. Starting at 2030m and looking at the map showing 2544m for the highest peak makes the underestimation …
Continue readingPEAK 11: Hungary – Kékes
In between tough mountains in High Tatras and the Balkans there was also an easy to reach mountain. Hungarian Kékes with its 1014m was a nice break after tiring hikes and climbs in Poland and …
Continue readingPEAK 10: Slovakia – Gerlachovský Štít
Gerlachovský Štít was definitely one of the highlights of my expedition. It is the only mountain in the whole EU which is forbidden to reach on your own and a guide is a must. That’s …
Continue readingEU Peaks short film out!
I haven’t been very active on my blog last days because I was working on my EU Peaks short film. Now it is finally out! Take a look at my short 4 minute long summary …
Continue readingPEAK 9: Poland – Rysy
I looked forward to the High Tatras mountains a lot because when I was born these mountains still belonged to my country Czechoslovakia. Now the Tatras are shared just between Slovakia and Poland after the …
Continue readingExpedition EU Peaks completed!
I have just climbed the highest mountain of Croatia which was the last mountain of my expedition! That means only one thing: I managed! I needed 88 days to conquer the highest mountain of each …
Continue readingPEAK 8: Czech Republic – Sněžka
My home country’s highest point Sněžka was the first mountain above 1000m. With its 1603m it is not the highest in Europe at all but you can actually feel there real mountain conditions. I experienced …
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