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Trip dates: 18.01.2009 – 15.12.2009 solo paddling all days Trip days: 332 Paddling days: 245 Rest days: 87 Trip hrs: 7968 Paddling hrs: 2637,5 avg. hrs per paddling day: 10,8 hrs 33% water, 33% sleep, 33% land (incl. rest days) loaded (unsupported) paddling days: 191 (78 %) unloaded (supported) paddling days: 54 (22 %) paddling […]

Jörg Hofferbert, one of my most active blog readers, waited at Hamburg airport to greet me with a special made German x-mas “Lebkuchenherz”. Thanks, Jörg! my mom was another “fan”, waiting at the airport… my mom’s creative artwork to greet me my shop manager Ilona Sierks, mom and Ilona’s husband Udo preparing the arrival ceremony (Thanks […]

Rob Mercer and Mark Sundin, organizers of my Sydney talk. Thanks, Rob and Mark! “Grashopper” Andre Janecki took a great series of pictures from my talk in Sydney on saturday night. Please have a look at his flickr album here. He allowed me to share my favourites here with you on my site. Thanks, Andre! […]

A BIG thanks to Phil Newman, maintenance manager of Bridge Climb Sydney ! Phil invited me alredy month ago to join a climb on the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Now it was “THE” chance to give it a go on Saturday morning, as Greg and I were driving to Sydney on Friday anyway.  It was a beautiful, sunny […]

Thanks to everyone joining me on my talk and final party in Melbourne, despite a naturally short term notice and approaching holidays! I appreciated very much the love and effort the VSKC put in to organize everything.  David Golightly and his team was happy to to stay flexible until the last week before my actual arrival. It was […]

(More finishing pictures are now uploaded on the “Finish in Queenscliff” blog entry!) I’d really love to share as many pictures and links as possible from my trip, my arrival and talks. If you have anything on your camera which is great to post here, or if you have seen any interesting web publication about my […]

Picture by Andy Skreiner tuluak said: “Please, keep us paddlers all over the world up to date even after the big trip is over!” This was the first of over 200 well wishing blog entries on my final post about my arrival. A hearty THANKS to everybody who sent his/ her best wishes online!  I’ll do. Maybe I […]