26. May 2025

Welcome to Snailtrail 3.0

Thank you so much for your interest in Snail-Trail 3.0. Each journey is a new challenge. It is kind of like jumping in cold water. You might know how to swim and have done it many times before... but there you stand and ask yourself: "Do I really want to do this to myself?" The past months have been very intense with planning the route, doing push-ups, walking bare foot on pebbles and just getting ready physically, mentally and spiritually for that next "cold jump".

WALK: From Estonia to Germany. 100 days. 86 hikes. 2600 kilometers... That's the plan.

TALK: I will mostly be following the Way of St. James, hope to come in contact with other pilgrims and hikers. Often they have many questions about God and life and have time on the trail to talk and think.

PRAY: There is a lot of tension in this region... and many people without the God-connection. I want to pray that God's will and purposes will be done in these countries and in the hearts of the people who live there.

SNAIL-TRAIL: Slow and steady. Hope to leave a trail of blessing behind me and not a slime one!

Photo 1: One of my practice routes near the water tower in Buch am Erlbach...
Photo 2: Sometimes Astrid joins me on such walks...
Photo 3: I have had a few training hikes with the Moosburg German Alpine Association
Photo 4: Robert is a friend of mine who recently decided to follow Jesus. We like to walk-talk-pray.
Photo 5: My new hiking shoes. The type I had the last two years were comfortable, but did not keep my feet dry in wet conditions. One out of three days on Snail-Trail 3 could see rain. So I chose this time dryness over comfort. I hope I do not regret it...