36.01 Austria, Bruck an der Mur: Hike to Peak, Rennfeld.
Having reached the summit, a little further to go to sit on the small peak ahead. Still trudging upwards as the storm approaches Bruck an der Mur. We resigned ourselves to not hiking today. We tried hard but could not find the trailhead although we did see a few mountains—not the same thing. We try to persevere because as we have said many times, the harder we try, the more success we enjoy, not to forget the odd pain or two that accompanies the effort. It was going to be one of those days. We had slept most of the previous day, a day planned for an opening hike. However, surfacing at 3 in the afternoon and walking around the apartment dazed does not augur well for a drive to the unknown to walk up-and-down a mountain. Obviously, we were tired. Little sleep on Monday night before the trip, none the following evening on a plane as we flew east will do that to one or, in our case, to two. Instead we went shopping at the Spar supermarket in the late afternoon. We always go to a ...