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Green rolling hills, rugged cliffs, steep mountain peaks and mystical valleys – Scotland is a hiking paradise. Sabrina and Igor from Explore the Outdoors spent three weeks in the rough nature of the Scottish Highlands. Read below what the two of them experienced there and what equipment you need in the land of kilts and bagpipes.

Like all of us, I’ve been spending a lot of time sitting at home over the last couple of weeks. And then it suddenly hit me: Why not make good use of all this free time? So, I started exploring every nook and cranny of my new home, southern Germany’s rural Allgäu region. This also gave me the perfect opportunity to really put my new Maier Sports outdoor pants “Inara Vario” to the test, using them extensively under real-life conditions and in a variety of weather conditions.

Outdoor experts and nature lovers: TYF Adventure, a sustainably-run shop, tested several Maier Sports products that symbolise our work. It was both an honour and a pleasure to read the test results carried out by such a renowned company. 

Black sand surrounds the small bay on the southern tip of the Arctic island. Rugged basalt rocks provide us at least with a little protection from the wind, which is not only ever-present here on the coast. In the distance, green table mountains are wistfully stretching their peaks towards the setting sun to catch the last rays of the day. 

Hiking through hilly vineyards, cycling early in the year like nowhere else or water sports at the warmest bathing lake in the Alps – that’s what a holiday in Kaltern am See in South Tyrol, one of the most beautiful wine villages in the world, looks like. And after all that physical exertion, there is still ample opportunity to relax – we promise!

A long-awaited adventure awaited Dominik, for which preparations had started months before. An important part was finding the right clothes for him. He was looking for a pair of pants that did a little more than just their job. And so he landed an absolute hit with the Tajo hiking pants from Maier Sports.

The Canaries offer mild temperatures all year round and hikers also get their money's worth here because the islands offer fascinating nature and great volcanic landscapes. Here you can find out what Sabrina and Igor from the blog "Explore the Outdoors" have experienced in Lanzarote.

"We’ve been on the road for exactly two years now. Wear and tear so far: two pairs of shoes, four T-shirts, five pairs of socks, three underpants and one pair of shorts. But the multi-functional Nil pants have still got life in them!"