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Twin Sisters – Sea Kayaker Magazine Special Edition

The cover is almost looking like the regular April 2010 issue (left) – but it’s a real treasure, available on my talks and exhibitions already since my US East Coast Tour – the Sea Kayaker Magazine Special Collector’s Edition (right)! Another “First”, not only for Sea Kayaker Magazine! Quite an honor – Thanks to SK Mag! Who […]
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Family…

My new 32 years younger boyfriend…or my strong grown up 14 years old son Helge? My wooden croc pet doesn’t seem to be jealous… My sister Edda, also known as my most frequent blog commenter on my Australian trip, came over from London for a brief stopover, plus my mom Annemarie and son Helge
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Canoe & Kayak featured video interview

Freya: Why Not Australia? C&K’s Adventurer of the Year Reflects on the Beauty and Challenge of her Australian circumnavigation BTW – Canoe & Kayak Magazine readers selected me to be the “Adventurer of the Year” and my Australian circumnavigation as the “Trip of the Year”…what a surprise … 🙂 Thanks to all who have voted! […]
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The publisher for our book – Globe Pequot

My bookwriter Joe Glickman from New York was busy besides writing the first chapters finding an appropriate publisher for our planned book – Globe Pequot/ Lyons Press. The deal is done, deadline is May 11th 2010. Joe has written already numerous articles about me, as recently the cover story about my OZ trip in Canoe & […]
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Kanu Magazin Cover Story

Another “OZ Cover Story” – the current German Kanu Magazin! Now available on the German news stands! I’ll bring some free handsigned copies to my lecture at Spiekeroog tomorrow
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Paul Caffyn’s Dreamtime Voyage Book available again!

Paul Caffyn, kayak legend and first-time circumnavigator of Australia in 1982, got eventually his “Dreamtime Voyage” book reprinted about the one and only successful kayak circumnavigation of OZ before I made it around in 2009. As my own book about my trip will still take a while to get ready, you can already have a warm-up […]
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Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium

Thanks very much to Bill Thompson from Downwind Sports to invite me to teach and speak at the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Sympsoium! It was a pleasure to be at Grand Marais/ Lake Superior. It is a great place for beginners and intermediate kayakers to meet and to learn form each other! There are hundreds […]
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OZ Slideshow in Chicago

Thanks to Ryan Rushton from Geneva Kayak Center for organizing and hosting my talk, and thanks to Paul and his lovely wife Kim for hosting me for the night! My shirt says: “Women who behave rarely make history!” So true…
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OZ Slideshow in Rochester

Thanks to Ken (2nd right), Dave (2nd left) and the great crew of the Bay Creek Paddling Center for organizing and hosting my talk in Rochester!
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