Kirchbachkreuz (Italy)

Submitted by Dani Jung on Wed, 06/03/2020 - 05:23am
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Der Start und Zielpunkt ist bei der Pfarrkirche in Naturns auf 550m. Man folgt dann immer den Weg Nummer 6 in Richtung Kirchbachspitze. Der Weg wird im letzten Drittel vor dem höchsten Punkt sehr technisch und es ist Trittsicherheit gefragt. Am Kirchbachkreuz angekommen, läuft man den gleichen Weg wieder Bergab. VORSICHT auf den ersten 700m- im Downhill, ist sehr technisch.

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Aiguille du Tour (France)

Submitted by joelevanschamonix on Wed, 06/03/2020 - 02:49am
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Starting from the corner of the le tour lift station head directly up the moraines to the Albert 1er refuge. Go over col superior du tour and head up the normal route to the west summit of Aiguille du tour. Return the same way

Biokovska planinarska staza - BPS (Croatia)

Submitted by Opara on Tue, 06/02/2020 - 10:32pm
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"Biokovska planinarska staza" (Biokovo Hiking Trail formerly Biokovo Partisan trail, acronym "BPS") is a hiking trail that goes from the town of Ploce (Bacina) to the village of Zadvarje (Bartulovici) traversing whole Biokovo mountain massif. It was envisioned and opened to the public in 1979 by Croatian mountain society Biokovo in honor of the anti-fascist Yugoslav Partisan fighters that use to gather, supply and live up in mountains to fight against the Axis powers for the liberation of the Italian occupied Dalmatia during the Wolrd War II.

Episode 91: Ashly and Jason: 81 FKTs in the last two years!

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Jason Hardrath and Ashly Winchester have notched 81 FKTs - 61 for Jason, and 20 for Ashly - in only the last two years.

"I'm not fast, but opportunistic, and will snag the women's FKT whenever possible."

"I go back to what Peter Bakwin told me: FKTs are like art - you know it when you see it, and you know it when you don't."

Their most recent FKT is the Lava Beds National Monument Traverse:

Planinarski put Dalmacija - PPD (Croatia)

Submitted by Opara on Tue, 06/02/2020 - 08:44pm
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"Planinarski put Dalmacija" (Hiking trail Dalmatia, acronym "PPD") is a hiking trail that goes from peak Labisnica above town of Trogir to the town of Makarska over five mountains - Opor, Kozjak, Mosor and Biokovo (Nature park). It was envisioned and opened to the public in 1978 by Mountain club Split. It has 20 control points, mostly peaks that you have to take a photo of yourself as proof that you've been there. The club issues a unique trail badge (once confirmed) as a "finishers medal".