Hiking above the clouds
We woke up at 04:00 AM on Tuesday, the 6th of October. A friend of mine has suggested us to hike up to the top of the Schalbenwand, a mountain in Zell am See, Austria. He described it as a ‘beginners hike’ and it took him 55 minutes to get to the top, this gave us the confidence to start this (long) walk.
Although the walk was amazing and I would definitely suggest anyone to do it, it is not 55 minutes. It took us 2 hours, 27 minutes and 35 seconds to get to the top. Altogether (up and down) it was 4 hours, 36 minutes and 33 seconds. The elevation was roughly 800 meters and the total distance was 13,46 kilometres. We peaked at a hight of 2.011 meters.
The view proved to be amazing and we had a lot of fun. It was both a mental and physical challenge, but the satisfaction of conquering this difficult challenge was well worth the struggle.