Weekend Hike

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30.06.2012 Brauneck - Benediktenwand - Brauneck

Stats:

• Length: 12 km
• Duration: 6 hours
• Ascent: 1157m
• Descent: 1261m

Summits:

• Brauneck: 1554m
• Latschenkopf: 1712m
• Benediktenwand: 1800m

After last weekend's train debacle, I once again opted for a Saturday outing, and since the weather report predicted a heat wave, I took the earliest train to Lenggries. In an effort to relieve my strained muscles, I also took the gondola. That plan didn't work too well (see ascent/descent), because apparently I suck at map reading. Even in the higher elevations, the heat was almost unbearable, and the 3 liters of water I packed were absolutely neccessary.

View from Brauneck



On the way to Latschenkopf



View of Benediktenwand



Ascent to Benediktenwand



Summit of Benediktenwand



There was still a lot of snow



Lessons Learned:

• Saturdays really are better for hiking, since the trains are less crowded.
• Trains are unbearable in summer if the airconditioning fails. As it apparently does very often, resulting in a sauna like atmosphere.
• The Lenggries train station does not have water for sale. Just beer. Making a train ride without AC even more unbearable.
• I suck at judging ascent/descent from a map. I honestly thought this outing would be less strenuous than my previous ones.
• Luckily, I must be getting fitter, since I wasn't sore the next day.