Articles posted by ""

Press release finish SA

Press release: On August 30-2011, Freya Hoffmeister, a then 47-year-old business owner from Husum, Germany and arguably the most famous expedition sea kayaker of the world, launched from Argentine to become the first person to circumnavigate South America, stretching from Cape Horn to the Panama Canal. From Buenos Aires inside the wide bay of the […]
Read more

DONE !

THANK God I am still alive THANKS to my family THANKS to  my friends THANKS to my employees THANKS to the authorities THANKS to all sponsors THANKS to the press THANKS to all organizers of today!
Read more

Endurance

Randall Lackey   About my own endurance? Out of question… About the endurance to listen to a lecture about my trips? So far no one has fallen asleep when I am talking… About the endurance to read a book about my trips? “Fearless” aka “Hai Heels” by Joe Glickman are kind of bestsellers…but we’ll see how […]
Read more

Preparations for the BIG official arrival day on May 1st

  We had a conference with the organization team of my final big official arrival day on May 1st on the Fregata Sarmiento. Capitán de Navio Carlos Alberto Zavalla, Director of the museum Fregata Sarmiento was expecting us on the very impressive museum ship. Muchas gracias to the Argentine Navy to give me, being a […]
Read more

Fri 24/04-2015 Day 850 – I am not done yet!

  trip days left: One short leg – the “official arrival”! straight distance left: 2 km Highlights: De facto, I closed the loop, just by myself… Pos: here Loc: Buenos Aires Yacht Club Argentina Acc: Peter’s apartment Dist: 51,8 km Start: 7:00 End: 18:40 The night in my “hobo” quarter, which was basically a very […]
Read more

A Sunday visit to the kayak club Tribunales

Ricardo made contacts to a nice kayak club in the north of Buenos Aires, in the center of water sports of the islands delta of the huge Rio de la Plata. The club members were looking after me well with an asado lunch and many inspiring questions. Thanks a lot for hosting me!     […]
Read more

Invitation to join the final leg!

  Por la presente tengo el agrado de invitarlo a la ceremonia que tendrá lugar el 1 de Mayo para recibir a Freya Hoffmeister, la mejor kayakista de aventura del mundo, que llegará a Puerto Madero culminando la primer circunnavegación de Sudamérica en solitario. Freya zarpó de Buenos Aires el 30 de Agosto de 2011 y luego de […]
Read more

Thu 23/04-2015 Day 849

  straight distance left: 50 km Highlights: Last day in Uruguay! Lowlights: Inaccessible passport office Pos: here Loc: Colonia Acc: tent Dist: 41,2 km Start: 7:20 End: 16:10 No fog this morning, maybe because I was not in a small wet side river area. But it was still bloody cold. The water was dead calm […]
Read more