Okay, after the Zlaimwiese/Grundlsee, then the Halleralm (commonly known as the "FSK18+ parking meter d'amour", more on that later) is also pacified.
To keep it short, a lot of it is similar to the Grundlsee course. 1-9 just trundles along, at 10, boom, moose in the abyss, but really, and then it's back to the familiar uphill/downhill/far-reaching, stress-filled cadence until the very end.
Backstops are nowhere to be found, although I might have wished for one or two of those things today. The second Jupidu arrow at the elk, through the legs, placed as a perch near a root, will probably have already left the stratosphere. Little "Peter Sch." can pick up his GT Tradi at the barrel. I only found it about 60 meters below the elk anyway, not mine, of course. Fortunately, I avoided a possible miss at the bellowing stag, which was quite uphill, preferably over the top, because in that case, the arrow would probably have flown all the way to Ischl.
Anyway, arrow loss is overrated anyway, so let's move on to more important things.
I've honestly never seen a course where so many couples felt attracted to each other. While the foxes and raccoons, with their tantric cuddling, were still elegantly within the limits of youth protection, the ibexes were really letting it rip. Olla, the forest fairy, was my witness, and we discreetly withdrew, our faces flushed with dismay.
From a mindset perspective, mud and roots shouldn't be able to harm you, because then it's a really top course.
Conclusion: ... for me, it's not quite as epic as Grundlsee (which, for me, is entirely due to the unique Grundlsee ambiance and terrain), but in terms of plowing, it's still a real treat. From a sporting perspective, it might even be a touch above Grundlsee, but that's subjectively irregular, as a Spaniard once said, or something like that.
I really liked that, along with the cleanest toilet ever on an obstacle course.
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