NEWS
One day you'll wake up, and you won't have time to do the things you've always wanted to do.
DO IT NOW !
Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
And to all those who think:
I tell them: Wrong, you won't be able to do that in your old age. Speaking from my own experience.
If I have one regret, it's that I started traveling too late in life and listened too much to people who had no life experience!
If I had had the knowledge I have today, I would have left Germany at the age of 18 and only traveled!
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2018
All trips cancelled until further notice !
I won't be able to travel for the next years due to my mother's and brother's health problems...
Travelling will have to wait, I only have my mother and brother left...
My moms & brother's health is getting worse and worse!
Dementia has now struck my mother, who is 89 years old.
It's not only very difficult for me to take care of them properly.
It's also very, very stressful, and it's starting to eat away at me.
I haven't slept through the night for many months, either my brother wakes me up or my mother. I don't know how much longer this will be good for my own health...
And going out, even for just a few hours, is out of question!
Luckily I have hobbies, like ham radio & microscopy, to keep me busy while I look after them.
I can tell you:
An expedition, no matter how difficult it may be, is easier to complete than taking care of your seriously ill loved one...
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I miss traveling a lot.
And I get really frustrated from time to time...
What really gets me is the social pressure and lack of understanding from people here.
It seems to me that they have no idea how tense and stressful my situation is.
Everything is so different from what I am used to from Alaska or Canada.
Instead of helping you, or at least showing you understanding, people here put obstacles in your way whenever they can, and contempt is never far away...
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09.11.2024
The Veltop arrived today and of course I installed it immediately !
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28.10.2024
My new box is nice, but not as big as I want...
It might be possible for me to have a box made exactly to the dimensions of my recumbent.
Someone in Northern Germany could build me one out of sandwich material, if that works, it would be absolutely great!
I would be able to use the full potential of the box volume!
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12.09.2024
Best mom in the world!
Happy 89th birthday!
Today she had a very good day, she noticed everything, and it was a nice break from her dementia, I wish it was always like this...
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It is only our family doctor who is a real blessing, he does everything in his power to help my mother & brother to make their life a little better!
NWT Expedition
Film Project
ARTE / WDR 2008
Directed by:
Ralf Breier
Camera:
Chris Breier & Klaus Sturm
Underwater-Camera:
Chris Breier
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The more I learned about people, the more I like my dog.
I have studied the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” (so called) and contrasted them with the traits and dispositions of man.
I find the result humiliating…
— Mark Twain, very well said, and I totally agree !
My dog Trixi , best travel companion!
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"I don't hate people. I just feel better when they're not around."
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Expeditions by kayak, motorboat, catamaran, motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, bicycle in the USA, Alaska & Canada, Scandinavia…
