I’ve always loved being out in nature and going on hikes with ideas that might seem crazy to others. But after getting my first Siberian husky in 2013, I spent even more time outdoors, walking and hiking all over Europe.
My walks were followed by hikes in smaller mountains up to 2,000 meters, then 3,000, then 4,000, then 5,000, and beyond… From easy walks to more technical climbs.
Meanwhile, I joined the local mountaineering club in 2018 and the sled dog club in 2013; I went to countless places with them and learned a great deal from them. I’ve gone on hikes with my dogs in Europe: Hungary, Serbia, Italy, Slovenia, Norway, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania, Germany, Sweden, and the Czech Republic; and in Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, and Turkey. In 2016, I went hiking with my dog above 2,000 meters for the first time.
In 2017, I moved to Hungary near the Austrian border, from where we went to the Alps with the dogs almost every weekend. The short hikes of just a few kilometers were gradually replaced by longer ones covering several hundred kilometers like the Kéktúra in Hungary, or the Kungsleden is Sweden. In 2021, I moved to Lapland, where the hikes continued.
Mountain peaks over 1,500 meters climbed with a dog:
2017 Peleaga 2,509 m Retyezát mountains, Romania 2018 Hochlantsch 1,720 m Graz Mountains, Austria 2018 Gyömbér 2,043 m Low Tatras, Slovakia
2018 Wildgössl 2,062 m Austria 2018 Klosterwappen (Schneeberg), Austria 2,076 m
2018 Pisciadu-Spitze (Dolomites), Italy 2985 m
2018 Piz Boé (Dolomites), Italy 3152 m
2018 Heukuppe (Raxalpe), Austria 2007 m
2019 Hochobir (Karawanken), Austria 2,139 m
2019 Hochblaser, Austria 1,771 m
2019 Wilde Kreuzspitze (Zillertal Alps), Austria 3,134 m
2019 Wurmaulspitze (Zillertal Alps), Austria 3,022 m
2019 Fineilspitze (Ötztal Alps), Italy/Austria border 3,514 m
2019 Ötscher, Austria 1,893 m
2019 Heukuppe (Rax Alps), Austria 2,007 m
2019 Preinerwand (Rax Alps), Austria 1,783 m
2020 Triglav (Julian Alps), Slovenia 2,864 m (highest point in Slovenia)
2021 Hohe Veitsch (Mürzsteg Alps), Austria 1,981 m
2021 Unnamed peak 3,218 m (Caucasus), Georgia
2021 Sadzele 3,258 m (Caucasus), Georgia
2021 Kazbek 5,054 m (Caucasus), Georgia
2021 Unnamed peak 3,006 m (Caucasus), Georgia
2021 Sadzele 3,307 m (Caucasus), Georgia
2021 Ararat 5,137 m, Turkey
2021 Hochschwab 2,277 m, Austria
2022 Grintovec 2,558 m (Kamnik-Alps), Slovenia
2022 Yukhin 5,130 m (Pamir), Kyrgyzstan
2022 Kebnekaise 2,096 m, Sweden (Sweden’s highest point)
2023 Monte Piana 2,324 m and Monte Piano 2,305 m (Dolomites), Italy
2023 Midzor 2,169 m (Stara Planina), Serbia (Serbia’s highest point)
Other notable peaks and hikes without a dog: Among others, Mont Blanc (4,806 m, French-Italian border) in 2019, completion of the Eagle Trail (Slovak Tatras) in 2020, a 210-km bike ride around Lake Balaton, Spartan Trifecta Finisher in 2018, podium finish in an open-water swimming marathon, etc. Additionally, I have gone on hikes in Russia, France, Montenegro, Greece, and Bulgaria.
