Summer 1988: Alai and Pamir range

• Fergana --> Isfairam valley in the Alai Range --> crossing the Alai Range over the Tengis-Bei pass --> Daraut-Kurgan in the Alai valley --> crossing the Transalai Range over the Ters-Agar pass --> Altin Masar (near the mouth of the world largest glacier, the Fedshenko glacier) --> Dshirgital --> Sary Tash --> lake Karakul --> Gudara --> lake Sares --> Ljangar pass --> camp site near Dshilandy --> Murgab
• further photographs
  • one way to cross a river
  • another way to cross a river, here the Gudara

Summer 1989: Alai and Pamir range again

• Fergana --> Aksu valley --> crossing the Alai Range over the Karakasyk pass --> Koksu valley --> Daraut-Kurgan --> Sary-Tash --> lake Karakul --> Murgab --> Dshilandy --> lake Turumtaikul --> Shachdara valley --> crossing the Shachdara Range into the Pjandsh valley --> along the river Pjandsh from Ljangar-Kisht up to Kalai-Chumb
• further photographs
  • view across the Alai Range

Summer 1990: From St.-Petersburg to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy

• St.-Petersburg --> Alma Ata --> Blagovashchensk --> Khabarovsk --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> Avachinskaya Sopka (2710 m) --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> Moskva

Summer 1991: Hindukush and Karakorum range

• Karatchi --> Peshawar --> Chitral --> Mastuj valley --> Chapali --> Zagaro valley --> pass Zagar An (5010 m) --> Bahushtaro Gol valley --> Gupis in the Ghizar valley --> Gilgit --> Altit and Baltit in the Hunza valley --> Miniapin glacier --> Gilgit --> Lahore --> Karatchi

Summer 1993: Central Tienshan range

• Alma Ata --> Bayankol valley --> Ashuter pass (4352 m) --> Sarybshas valley --> Tyus valley --> Tyus pass (4115 m) --> South Inyltshik glacier --> helicopter flight across the Central Tienshan Range --> Alma Ata

Summer 1994: Kamchatka

• Moskva --> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy --> Milkovo --> Klyuchi in the Kamshatka valley --> half way up the Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4750 m) --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> Avachinskaya Sopka (2710 m) --> vulcano Dzendzor --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> Moskva

Autumn 1995: Himalaya range

• Dehli --> Katmandu --> Lukla --> Namche Bazar --> Thame --> Marulung --> Renjo pass (5345 m) --> Gokyo --> Chola La (5420 m) --> Lobuche --> Dingpoche --> Pangpoche --> Namche Bazar --> Lukla --> Katmandu

Spring 1997: Iran

• Shiraz --> Kerman --> Bam --> Yazd --> Esfahan --> Kashan --> Tehran

Summer 1997: Central Caucasus range

• Mineralnoy Wody --> hamlet Elbrus --> towards the glacier Schchelda --> Werchny Baksan --> Kirtik valley --> Iriktschat pass --> Irikschat valley --> hamlet Elbrus --> Asau --> Prijut 11 --> ascending to the East summit Elbrus (5621 m) --> camp Nowy Tschondugan (Adylsu valley)

Summer 1998: British Isles

• Oxford --> Llanddeusand (Brecon Beacons) --> Gwynant --> Snowdon (1085 m) --> Llandudno --> Once Brewed (Hadrians Wall) --> Tyndrum --> shortly before the summit of Ben Lui (1130 m) --> Raasey --> back to Oxford via Arnside and Denby Pottery

Spring 2000: Lycian coast (Turkey)

• Istanbul --> Denizli --> Fethiye --> Ölüdeniz --> Kirme --> Faralya --> Kabak --> Ahnca --> Bel --> Belcegiz --> Pydnai --> Letoon --> Ölüdeniz --> Denizli --> Istanbul

Spring 2001: Iran

• Tehran --> Mount Damavand (5671 m) --> Mashhad --> Neyshabur, Torbat-e Jam --> Tehran

Spring 2003: Iran

• Tehran --> Esfahan --> Shahr-e Kord --> Pol-e Zamankhan --> Esfahan --> Kuh-e Kabosh (approx. 4000 m) --> Esfahan --> Tehran

Summer 2004: Kamchatka

• St. Petersburg --> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky --> Milkovo --> Kosyrevsk --> Bogdanovich glacier --> Ushkovski (3903 m)--> Srednaya Sopka --> pass (approx. 3000 m) between Kamen and Klyuchevskaya Sopka --> Bezimyani hut --> Bezimyani (2869 m) --> Tobalchik pass --> Tolud hut --> Leningradskaya hut --> Kosyrevsk --> Milkovo --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatsky --> St. Petersburg

Summer 2006: Kamchatka

• Moskva --> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky --> valley of geysers --> Uson Caldera --> vulcano Burlyashshti --> Bolshoy Semyatshik --> hamlet Shupanova --> Novy Semjatshik --> Mali Semjatshik - vulcano Karismki --> lake Karimski --> river Krestyanskaya --> crossing the levaya and pravaya Shupanova --> Gavanka valley --> Dolinnaya valley --> Nalytshevo national park --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatsky --> Moskva

Summer 2008: Iran

• Tehran --> Yazd --> Esfahan --> Qom --> Tehran

Summer 2010: Kamchatka

• Moskva --> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky --> Kurilskoye ozero --> towards Zheltovskaya Sopka --> east of Ostraya mountain --> west of Belenkaya Sopka --> Ksudach --> Klyuchevoye ozera --> Shtyubelya ozera --> Teplava river --> Pravaya Khodutka river --> Khodutka hot spring and hut --> Asacha river --> west of the Golaya mountain --> Tundrovaya river (west of Kamen mountain) --> toward Levaya Opala river --> meeting an earth road and following it east toward Vysokaya mountain --> taking an all-terrain vehicle to Mutnovsky power station --> Mutnovskaya Sopka --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatsky --> Moskva

Summer 2011: Seychelles

• Mahe --> Praslin --> La Dique --> Praslin --> Mahe

Summer 2012: from Saxony to Rügen by bike

• Müglenz --> Falkenhain --> Ochsensaal --> Reudnitz --> Mühlberg --> Elsterwerda --> Plessa --> Grünwalde --> Saadow --> Buchwäldchen --> Lübbenau --> Groß Leine --> Alt-Schadow --> Storkow --> Braunsdorf --> Strausberg --> Freudenberg --> Niederfinow --> Brodowin --> Angermünde --> Feldberg --> Holzendorf --> Friedland --> Kagenow --> Greifswald --> Puttbus --> Alt-Reddewitz

Summer 2015: Kamchatka

• Moskva --> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy --> Milkovo --> Kosyrevsk --> Kopyto --> --> Bezimyani hut (trapped there for ten days due to severe bad weather) --> towards the tongue of the Bogdanovich glacier --> exploring the north-?? part of Tolbachik vulcano --> canyon of the river Studyonaya cut in stiffed lava --> Edelveys meadow --> Barany rocks (Barany Skaly) --> Kopyto --> Kosyrevsk --> Milkovo ---> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky --> Gorely vulcano --> Mutnovsky vulcano --> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky --> Moskva

Summer 2016: Italy

• Milan --> Chiavari --> Marina di Massa --> Pisa --> Certaldo --> a small farm near San Donato --> Lucca --> Pisa

Summer 2017: Italy

• Pisa --> Certaldo --> Marian di Pisa (a small hut at the river Arno) --> Pisa

Summer 2018: Southern part of the Algarve coast

• Faro --> Lagos --> Praia de Porto de Mós --> Praia da Luz --> Burgau --> Cabanas Velhas Beach --> Burgau --> Praia da Luz --> Praia de Porto de Mós --> Lagos --> Faro

Summer 2019: Georgia

• Tiblissi --> Stepantsminda --> Betlemi hut --> summit Kasbek (5054 m) --> Betlemi hut --> Stepantsminda --> Tiblissi --> Akhmeta --> Kvemo Alvani --> Omalo --> Dartlo --> Chesho --> Girevi --> Atsunda pass (3431 m) --> Mutso --> Shatili --> Tiblissi

Summer 2019: Western part of the Algarve coast

• Faro --> Lagos --> Sagres --> Praia do Beliche --> Capo do São Vicente --> Praia do Castelejo --> Vila do Bispo --> Lagos --> Faro

Summer 2020: Bicycle our through Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

• Flöha --> along the river Zschopau --> along the river Freiberger Mulde --> along the river Mulde up to Bad Muskau --> crossing the Dübener Heide towards Bad Schmiedeberg --> along the river Elbe passing Torgau, Riesa and Meißen to Dresden

Spring 2022: Lanzarote

Summer 2023: Eastern Alai range

• Osh --> Gulcha --> Kyzyl-Korgon --> Chong-Byulëlyu --> pass Uu-Tash --> pass Terekdavan --> pass Muzbel --> crossing an unnamed pass towards the river Kuldzha-Bashi --> following the river Kuldsha-Bashi to the river Kok-Suu --> up the valley of the Kok-Suu --> pass Kyzylagyn --> down the valley of the river Dombra --> up the valley of the river Aldakul --> crossing a nameless pass --> down the valley of the river Kichi Byulëlyu --> Kichi Byulëlyu --> Kyzyl-Korgon --> Gulcha --> Osh