{"id":139,"date":"2017-05-09T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrkontour.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2021-09-10T23:55:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T21:55:00","slug":"highest-mountain-donnersberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrkontour.com\/en\/hiking-outdoor\/highest-mountain-donnersberg\/","title":{"rendered":"The highest mountain in the world? The Donnersberg!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you don’t believe that, you didn’t participate in the hiking marathon last Saturday in Steinbach. From kilometer 30 on, the challenge was to “climb” the Donnersberg – for me at that moment the highest mountain in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiking Marathon? Let’s go!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

And how did I even get the idea to participate in a hiking marathon?
I’ve jogged and run half marathons several times – it’s always been great fun. When I stumbled upon the information about the hiking marathon a few weeks ago, I couldn’t get this idea out of my head.
Luckily, a at place registration was possible, the Donnersberg is practically on the doorstep of Rheinhessen (so it’s not a long journey) and the weather forecast seemed perfect – the adventure could begin! Never before in my life I have walked 42 kilometers in one piece – but – trying is studying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the alarm clock rang on 06. May at 05:30 and after an extensive breakfast I set off for Steinbach.
The Donnersberg Touristik<\/a>, together with the Palatinate Forest Clubs Imsbach, Steinbach, Dannenfels and Rockenhausen were responsible for the organisation – a big praise for this – even I didn’t manage to get lost!
… twice I hesitated, but fortunately friendly and helpful fellow hikers “caught” me again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiking Marathon – Stage 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Equipped with a few vitamins, provided by Obsthof Enders<\/a>, my stamp card, the altitude profile (I better didn’t look at it at all) and a map extract I set off in beautiful weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The path only led through the village for a short time, and then quickly led across meadows and with wonderful views directly into the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n