Several thousands of kilometres of hiking trails traverse Germany’s low mountain ranges. High-quality paths and long-distance trails, nature protection areas and national parks. How can anyone keep track of them all? »Germany’s walking pope«, as he has been christened by the international hiking press, finds out whether Germany lives up to its reputation as the world’s most beautiful hiking country.
Blisteringly hot days in the Australian outback, expeditions across the Sahara, year-long motorcycle tours, climbs up Kilimanjaro, round-the-world sailing trips. Manuel Andrack can boast none of this. He never got frost-bitten toes or suffered from lack of oxygen. His routes were usually marked out and he never pursued religious goals. All he really wanted to do was walk – acceptable challenges, not life or death experiences. Andrack talks about walks that made life-saving operations superfluous and about basketball nets on the banks of the Rhine. And what’s all this about river valley hiking trails and the erotic components of walking? And how do you behave properly on a winter walk? On icy trails and through endless snow drifts. All about this and more in Andrack’s new book.
