Finnish Girls Hike Alps in Toe Shoes
By Britt on Aug 14, 2010 | In user stories | 2 comments »
Sara and Eeva were ready to get the heck out of Finland after graduation, so it was off to the German Alps where they could hike through the snow in their Five Fingers. They sent us some pics and a summary of their trip:
We are two Finnish girls who after graduation wanted to travel somewhere and decided to go hiking, not in Finland, but in the Alps! During four days we hiked a total distance of 75 km from the village Lenggries to Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Because of the rough terrain + an additional 12 kg on our backs we mostly had to wear hiking boots but when the trails were more road-like we didn't hesitate to slip into our Fivefingers and the change was a great relief to our feet!
The day the pictures were taken we did a 10 km downhill hike, in the middle of the otherwise 12 h long stage, Eeva wearing her Classics and me in my KSOs.
We also wore Fivefingers when we were at Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze, and the glacier Zugspitzplatt.
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75K in four days! Now that is a whole lot of hiking through what looks like tough but very beautiful terrain. Thanks so much for sending us your story from Europe and congratulations on graduating.
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2 comments
Looks like a great time, Sara and Eeva thanks for sharing your journey. Looks like some pretty happy feet! :) 
Well done Sara & Eeva, you have inspired me to look at doing the the 96km Kokoda Challenge here on the Gold Coast of Australia in 5 toes shoes. Just got my first pair...reckon this is the way to goThanks girls
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