Category: Europe 2026
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Euro Summer 2026: A Series of Swiss Adventures
Here’s a fun fact for you: Switzerland has a lot of hiking trails. I know, crazy that a hiker would go to a place that has tonnes of mountains and loves to hike them. Unlike Norway and Italy, I didn’t do any overnight or multi-day journeys in the Swiss Alps.…
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Euro Summer 2026: Clariden Summit
Date: 8th September 2026 Start: Klausenpass End: Klausenpass Distance Travelled: 13.06 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: too locked in, there was nothing playing upstairs Crevasses Fallen Into: 0 I’ll get to that stat point in a bit, don’t worry. My next destination after Madonna di Campiglio was Milan, and…
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Euro Summer 2026: Aurlandsdalen
Dates: 24th-26th August 2026 Start: Finse Station End: Vassbygdi Distance Travelled: 53.26 km Number of Times I said “Wow”: 1,241 (definitely didn’t make that up) Perhaps I should’ve just spent my entire trip touring round Scotland. Lovely, peaceful country (tourist-heavy Edinburgh notwithstanding), challenging mountain climbs, what’s not to like? Well,…
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Euro Summer 2026: Cairngorms
Date: 21st August 2026 Start: Cairngorm Mountain Resort End: Cairngorm Mountain Resort Distance Travelled: 18.68 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Welcome to the Internet by Bo Burnham Scottish Summit Views: 0 from 5 Leaving Corrour was honestly one of the hardest things I’ve had to do for a while.…
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Euro Summer 2026: Corrour Munros
Date: 18th August 2026 Start: Corrour Station End: Corrour Station Distance Travelled: 22.54 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Silk by Wolf Alice Bog Holes Fallen Into: miraculously only the one Now, where were we? Oh yeah, Fort William station. Having just come back from climbing Ben Nevis, I was…
Wow, Jono. What a great finale to your 6-week trip to the Northern Hemisphere, with such an interesting description, peppered…