
Beside a hiking trail in the southern part of La Gomera, Canary Islands, near the small village of Imada, March15.

Beside a hiking trail in the southern part of La Gomera, Canary Islands, near the small village of Imada, March15.

Two hikers in the Taunus mountains just north of Frankfurt, Dec.12, as the morning sun dissolves the fog.

Hiking the Wutachschlucht canyon in the southern part of the Black Forest near the border between Germany and Switzerland on a rainy day, Oct.20.

A starry night in the Taunus mountains, just a few kilometers north of Frankfurt, Sep.6. From time to time I pack my sleeping bag, do some hiking and sleep out in the woods with just the trees and the stars above me. That may sound a bit romantic – and it really is!