Climbing Grossvenediger 3,666 m | kocourkov

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Last year's climb up the Grossvenediger got us so excited about the beauty of the High Tauern that we set off to climb another glacier in the area, the gorgeous Grossvenediger – the Great Venetian, 3,666 m above sea level.

Day one

* Drive from Prague
(thanks to the buried tunnel the trip from Prague is 150 km longer)

* Hike from Matreier Tauernhaus (1515 m) to Neue Prager Hütte (New Prague Hut)
2796 m

Day two

Start at 2796 m
* Climb across the glacier to the summit of Gross Venediger 3,666
* Descent to the car park at 1515 m
By car to Prague, taking the shortcut over the High Alpine Road

Kocourkov

... because the whole world is one big Kocourkov!

I don't know what fascinated me so much about travelling ever since I was little. Maybe the fact that back then it simply wasn't possible. Since I turned 18 it is possible, and I just can't get enough of it. And I enthusiastically watch the map filling up 😉

Wherever in the world you look, you'll find something that makes you shake your head and say: "That can't be true, it's like something out of Kocourkov!"

The older I get, the more I understand that the problem lies far more in not knowing the context and the reasons than in the absurdity of the custom or rule in question...

I love travelling and I hope we'll be able to keep it up for a long time yet...

*Written in March 2020, still in the early days of the coronavirus crisis...