Sunday, 7th of October 2012 at 08:14:40 PM

Herzogstand Heimgarten Hike 2012

Like every year I hiked the Herzogstand Heimgarten loop hike, my favourite home hike. I started 6.45 from home and arrived at 7.50 at the parking lot near Urfeld. Exactly at 8.00 I began my hike towards the first mountain which is Herzogstand (1731 m). This is the most exhausting part of the hike cause its a steep uphike over 2 hours. Arrived there at 10.00 am. After short break continued over the rim towards Heimgarten Peak (1790 m). This is the most beautiful part of the hike with amazing views into the Alps in the south and the lakeland in the north, as well as to Lake Kochelsee and Lake Walchensee right to ones feet. Due to socalled  “Foehn” winds the visibility was extraordinary. The next part of the hike is an endless long downclimb from Heimgarten peak (1790 m) to the Lake Walchesee level (800 m). Finaly a nice last 5 km walk along the lake back to the car park for a total of 20 km hiking distance.

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Google Earth tour over my hiked gpx track.

Arriving at Heimgarten peak (1790 m) at noon. View to the north into the alps with the Lake Walchensee beneath.

 

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Saturday, 22nd of September 2012 at 10:43:28 PM

Collection of Desert Wild Flower photos

On my 2011 South-Utah Northern Arizona Trip I had the luck of hiking the deserts right after rainy springtime. I was amazed by the many colors and different flowers amid the dry and sparse desert landscape. It made me stop several times to take a photo with my small Ixus camera which I have always at hand.I dedicated here a collection of all these shots when hikingin the deserts around  Escalante (UT) Page (AZ) and in the Zion area. Sometimes quality is not the best but I liked the flowers and colors so I still added the photo to this album. Just click on the foto below to open the album.

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Thursday, 9th of August 2012 at 07:34:46 PM

my Yellowstone 2012 foto selection finally online

Finally I finished. I have worked several evenings on reducing the quantity of over 2000 shots to a reasonable selection for online presentation. I ended up with my 100 best selection and now it is Online under the below fotolink. Like always it is a real pain to go through all fotos again and again. On the other hand its also beautiful and sweet to revive this wonderful but exhausting 19 days trip.

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Friday, 6th of July 2012 at 06:19:24 PM

my Filmfest München 2012 movie rating

This year I watched only 5 movies. The one I disliked most was Holy Motors, the one i loved the most was A simple Life.

Movie my rating
Rampart 2 out of 5
People Mountain People Sea 2 out of 5
A simple Life 5 out of 5
Holy Motors 1 out of 5
Killer Joe 4 out of 5

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Sunday, 1st of July 2012 at 03:07:09 PM

my 2012 US rental car statistics

car #1: Chevrolet Equinox LT 2012

start mileage: 8960

5 days-1588 miles driven

pros: good infotainment

cons: didnt like the look and cruise feel

car #2: Jeep Grand Cherokke 2012

start mileage: 19528

10 days rent -1341 miles driven

pros: Coolest cruising-adequate off road capability-nice 3.6l/V6 engine

cons: very basic infotainemnt equipment

car #3: Ford Edge 2012

start mileage: 4971

2 days rent – 178 miles driven

pros: looks nice-best infotainment-great the Bluetooth Audio streaming could hear my iPhone music wireless

cons: weak engine 2.0l

 

My choice if I could select betweenn those three:

Jeep Grand Cherokee 2012

on the Cotton Wood Canyon Road

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