"Krone" self-experiment

40 kilometers on the hard road to becoming a professional soldier

Zoe (not pictured), Philipp, Florian and Marius (from right) took editor Nicole Greiderer (2nd from left) with them.

(Bild: Johanna Birbaumer)

"Krone" editor Nicole Greiderer tried to keep up with soldiers from the training company of Staff Battalion 6 in Absam in Tyrol, who completed a cross-country march on their way to becoming professional soldiers.

Over the next two days, I will learn that you have to line up rucksacks in the army, that there is a correct way to wear your cap and a prescribed bag in which you stow your food. But first I learn that you walk in a line here and don't ask questions straight away. The squad candidates Florian, Marius, Philipp and squad commander Zoe want to pass their test with the best possible time and not be held up by me.