Kletterwald (climbing forest) is something you must try if you live in Germany. In German, it’s called Kletterwald. It was one of the most exciting activities that you will try.
I personally found it extremely exciting and extraordinary. Also, it was both physically and mentally very challenging.
First, you can read about what a kletterwald is like. Then, you can read about my experience there, namely how scared I was from nothing, and what I learned from this experience.
I’m sharing this because it might be interesting for you to see how you can overcome fear instead of deciding to skip something or just giving it up.
In the end, I will share with you how to get to Kletterwald Garmisch-Partenkirchen from Munich and how much it costs.
One of the things that I love the most is climbing and height. Ever since I learned about the existence of these climbing parks in Bavaria, I wanted to try it.
I was sure that I was not the only one who would be up for trying a climbing park. For this reason, I organized a trip to one of the kletterwald parks close to Munich.
FEELINGS BEFORE CLIMBING – EXCITEMENT
Whenever I see something I can climb, without thinking I’m on it right away. Generally, I don’t think at all, I just go and climb. I never felt that height is something scary, but rather something exciting that satisfies my thirst for adrenaline.
Normally, I’m not afraid of anything. The sensation of fear is not something that I experience a lot. It’s kind of genetic, I think. Moreover, as I traveled a lot solo and my lifestyle is pretty fast-paced, I never really had time to waste with being afraid of things.
I was so thrilled before the climbing event and I imagined myself climbing all over the trees fearless having a lot of fun.
FEELINGS DURING CLIMBING – FEAR OF FALLING DOWN
Jumping like Tarzan from one tree to another, balancing on moving objects, climbing on rope nets in lying position 20 meters above the ground: that’s what we were up against.
I felt the excitement all over my body as we started with the beginner Parcour. I was totally at ease and excited at the same time. I feel very comfortable and extremely happy when I get my adrenaline dose. I was not afraid at all. But when we moved to the black Parcour, which is the most difficult one in the park with its 14 stations, the ease started disappearing.
This trail really needs a lot of courage, strength, skill, and technique. I started to be scared big time on the stations of the black Parcour. In my head, the fear started to grow bigger and bigger. I created blocks in my head that made my body move reluctantly. There were moments when I was just stuck and took me a lot of self-encouragement to continue.
I knew one thing. It all started in my head. I knew it was just my fantasy, it wasn’t real. Still, I could not totally control it. It didn’t want to go away. So accompanied by the blocks in my head I pushed myself go through. I didn’t want to stop and kept telling myself, just do it, don’t think.
The fear of falling was with me the whole time, but with all the fear in my mind and body, I just kept climbing. The funny thing is that falling is the best part of the story because you just hang on the rope and you can relax.
The last Parkour was the green one which was supposed to be medium difficulty Parkour, but due to the fact that I was exhausted after the black one, it felt difficult big time. I could hardly balance myself on the moving wood pieces. But I survived the day without falling down.
FEELINGS AFTER CLIMBING – YES, I’M A ROCK STAR
First of all, I felt pretty exhausted. However, I felt also extremely content, because I decided to try the black Parkcore, and in spite of all the fear I went through all the stations of it.
In the end, to relax a bit, we did some more ziplining. You can see hanging in the middle because somehow I slid back. I don’t even remember how.
I made myself aware of two extremely important things during and after trying the most difficult parts of the climbing forest.
First, even if you are scared, don’t think much, just freaking do it!
And when you started something, no matter how scared you are, just keep going! Never let fear stop, because if we let that happen, we can miss a lot of things in life. If you stop or don’t even start something out of fear, you might save yourself from falling down and disappointments.
Sure, it’s damn easy! However, at the same time, you will definitely most miss those beautiful experiences and special moments that only happen out of your comfort zone after defeating all your fear inside you.
Second, no matter how difficult something feels and no matter how many times you might fail, we just have to keep trying until the mission is accomplished. If you failed in the end, you can at least say you tried your best.
And when you failed in the end, don’t waste too much of your time with being angry, sad, or disappointed. Just open your heart and mind again, stand up, get yourself ready for future challenges, and keep going with your next mission with the lessons learned.
You know how it goes, if you fight, you can lose, but if you don’t even fight, you are already losing. I have definitely won. I have won more courage, confidence, and resilience.
Just like in my life, I learned to go against my fear of failure when I wanted to achieve something. I kept doing everything to make sure that I succeed. There were times when I achieved what I wanted and there were times when I didn’t. I always kept going until the last moments ready for any blow on the way, just like in the climbing park. Even when I was destroyed in the end after failing my mission, I learned so much that it only made my life better.
We should always remember the secret lessons when we are afraid and when we fail. This way being afraid and experiencing failure can be the most exciting thing in the world.
Who would have thought that we can learn so much from something like climbing?
4.1. FROM MUNICH TO KLETTERWALD GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN BY TRAIN
First, take the train from Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Then, from the station walk to the Klettterwald.
To find it, simply enter Klettterwald Garmisch-Partenkirchen in your Google Maps app. You will get there in about 30-40 minutes. It’s a really beautiful walk.
The exact adress is Wankbahnstraße 3, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Ticket needed: Bayern Ticket
The cheapest ticket for Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the Bayern Ticket.
Check the train schedule, here, on the website of Deutsche Bahn.
4.2. FROM MUNICH TO KLETTERWALD GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN BY CAR & PARKING
You can simply drive to Klettterwald Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Wankbahnstraße 3, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen).
You can find parking directly at the Wankbahntalstation (the valley station of the Wankbahn cable car).
From the parking lot, the Kletterwald is only a 10-minute walk.
A single ticket is valid for 3 hours.
5.1. KLETTERWALD GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN TICKET PRICES FOR ADULTS
Single ticket: 24 €
Kletterwald & Flying Fox: 34 €
5.2. KLETTERWALD GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN TICKET PRICES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 14
Single ticket: 19 €
Kletterwald & Flying Fox: 26 €
If you are a family, it’s free for the third child.
5.3. KLETTERWALD GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN TICKET FOR GROUPS
If you are at least 10 persons: 22 €
It can happen that there are more people that they can accommodate. To be sure, that you can get it and have the equipment, give them a call or email them to make a reservation.
Phone number: 00 49 – 170 634 96 88
Email: servus@kletterwald-gap.de
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This looks like such a fun day! Some of the course looks so challenging. The ziplining looks fun too and is something I have wanted to try for awhile.
Brianna, There are a lot of adventure parks in Europe. This one in Garmisch is really one of the best I tried.
It’s funny how we hold ourselves back from doing things, thinking that it’s too scary, or that we won’t be able to accomplish them. I love that you got the euphoria of realising that you could do it and that it was fun!
Thank you very much! :-)
That climbing forest looks so fun! It’s like the ropes courses that they have us do for team bonding at high schools here. I would absolutely visit that climbing forest if I was in Munich!
I have always wanted to do one of these! Thanks to you now I know the name and do a search on where to find it when I go on holidays, I sure know we don’t have them in Mongolia.
Ahh what an exciting day! I love this kind of adrenaline stuff!
Awesome, I hope you will try it soon! :-)