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Over twenty years ago, we met as national park rangers and discovered the energizing and soul-expanding joy of hiking in the mountains. In 1996 we launched Walking Softly Adventures as a way to share this joy with others. Walking Softly trips are hiking trips that immerse you in Europe's mountains. You can expect to be physically active on each day of our trips. They're great trips for any physically fit person who delights in the challenge of a mountain trail. On one day you might be hiking through glacially-carved valleys on a faint path marked by ancient cairns to reach a windswept viewpoint high above a Norwegian fjord. On another, you might be clambering over ladders and catwalks in a narrow stream gorge in the forested mountains of Slovakia's Slovensky Raj. Some days are gloriously bright and sunny-days when highland meadows carpeted with wildflowers sparkle under azure skies and the views over a lake-filled basin are "one in a million" and never-to-be-forgotten. On other days, the mists descend and raindrops dance. You don rain pants and raincoat to tap the energy of Atlantic winds sweeping salt spray over Ireland's emerald moorlands or settle into the enveloping embrace of a cool fog drifting through a twisted beech forest in the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain. And so it is, day after day, across the mountains of Europe-an endless poem, renewed every day, never the same. After a decade of leading trips in Europe's mountains, we know that magic happens on the trail. Together we build splendid memories that last a lifetime, memories that continue to inspire and rejuvenate long after the actual experience of travel is over. And such memories they are! Memories of walking along the lofty, knife-edged ridges of Mweelrea on a sunny June day in Ireland; of lounging in a sun-splashed Tatra mountain meadow lulled by the restless rustling of windswept grasses; of gathering quietly in the light of flickering candles to be enraptured by dancing fireflies and the strains a Bulgarian folk melody gently played beneath a silver moon. This year, please consider joining us in the mountains. Our trips may not be for everyone, but we hope they're right for you! Ready to hike? We'd love the pleasure of your company! Travel with joy, Amy and John
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