… to travel to Hawai’i I can recommend these books: Well, it’s no suprise and you likely stumbled over them on Amazon (or you favorite book store). They have great detailed Maps and all the gory details you need if you plan an individual travel to those Islands. All these books are written by Andrew [...]

Back in November I sorted out some “on the (back) road” movies and converted them into flash videos. Unfortunately, my camera had some color-problems in movie mode – I think this is since it became really wet on my Angels Landing Hike in 2007. Nevertheless, they remind me of a great vacation I had back [...]

Almost 8 month passed by without a post. I was really busy at my job – blabla – but it’s true. I managed to make a picture collection from my last south-west trip not unitl late November last year (almost 5 month after I returned). Beyond that, I had to make plans for my next [...]

Hi Karl, perhaps you’re reading this before getting to The Subway. For good light you should start very early (around 4 am at Springdale). I met a German hiker on his way back to the North Fork trailhead around 11 am! He reached The Subway at 8 am and told me the light was good [...]

Two days ago I left Page, Arizona where I spent 4 wonderful days – three of them in the Backcountry at the Arizona/Utah border known as Coyote Buttes North + South and the White Pocket. On my way to Tropic, Utah I took a short (steep) hike to Yellow Rock at the Cottenwood Canyon Road. [...]

Three days ago I arrived at Yellowstone NP. My trip turned out to proceed as planned – except a flat tire five days ago. I had enough time to explore all Parks up to now. Tomorrow is my last day here at Yellowstone. This Park is really great to see all kind of wild animals. [...]

With a Coyote Buttes North permit for the 27th of May in my pocket, I had to make some last minute routing changes. I speculated to get the CBN permit for the 30/31 of May but that was not meant to be, which means I had to cut-off some days visiting Colorado – to be [...]

Since May 2007 permits for the Coyote Buttes North (CBN) area are not assigned on “first come first serve” basis any more. That time BLM introduced a lottery application form which looks pretty much the same as for The Subway at Zion NP managed by NPS. It’s quite hard to win the lottery because only [...]

I managed to integrate my photo gallery already three weeks ago. Because of the sidebar and a page width to fit 1024 px I’m not entirely happy with it but a layout switch (with a topbar) has to wait. Already uploaded are all the sorted-out-pictures from my last trip to the south-western US. Incoming e-mail [...]

After two days in bed with head-, throat- and body aches, I had plenty time to read two books and make some detail planning for Yellowstone and Grand Teton. My next trip to the US will bring me to those two National Parks where I’m going to stay five days in total (four at Yellowstone [...]