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Hocheck 2477m

vagabund6. 08. 2013 23:28:45

This morning in front of the Filmoor hut I emptied my 17kg heavy backpack halfway and then in one hour reached Grosse Kinigat. There were already some hikers and more were coming so I didn't stay too long on top and soon descended back to the hut.
Originally I planned to go to Porze hut but due to the forecast of worsening weather the next day I turned towards the valley and quickly made a new plan. I descended about 250m then turned left to Auserssatel 2280m where I turned north and went along the ridge to Hocheck summit 2477m. New logbook is under two larger stones. From the top I descended along the ridge to the saddle and then left into the basin to some pasture where some guy yelled at me that I turned "wrong" and there's no passage to the valley there. I checked my Garmin and indeed saw the path goes some 300m further right which meant over the hill. So I had to climb another 150m anyway although I originally thought I could avoid the ascent over Ofenspitze 2334. At the saddle I really found the path and quickly descended to the road at Kartitscher saddle 1530m. There I hitchhiked more than an hour until a cute Italian woman with a messy Punto and an already full car stopped for me. She drove me to the end of Kartitsch village from where it was only 3km to my car in Hollbruck and those last three km I walked with a smile after three wonderful days in Carnic Alps. In Hollbruck I also checked the open church and read surnames on small cemetery, mainly only three repeat. The third night I slept in the car somewhat away from main road.