Cannot live without

Over the years I developed a passion for multiple outdoor sports, and I took care to find matching sports for summer and winter. When living in north of Germany, road biking was sufficient: Summer and winter are nearly equally cold/warm, terrain nearly flat. But when moving to the Black Forrest, a hill region in south of Germany, more opportunities came along and the winters are not so nice for biking. So today it splits as follows.

Summer

  • Mountain Biking in the Black Forrest and sometimes in the Alps is very much fun. Long up-hills, fast or technical down-hills, not using shaped trails, the terrain is always challenging enough for me.

  • Road biking is like flying, at least in comparison to mountain biking. But the climbs can also be long and exausting.

  • Hiking, if all else fails, in the Black Forrest or in the real mountains. This is the activity which is most compatible with other people.

  • Sometimes: Climbing, Via Ferrata. Doing this to infrequently, the power and technique always fades away over the weeks and month of other sports.

  • Every now and then: Running, Trail Running. In summer this only fills the last gaps in my calendar.

Winter

  • Ski Mountaineering, as a tour guide and trainer in DAV, I organize multiple events and trainings per year.
  • Running is my replacement for cycling, when it is too cold out side. As long as there is no snow in the trails, I prefer trail running. But more or less flat around the lake is at least acceptable.
  • Some times: Downhill skiiing. Riding down pistes only happens once or twice a year. Going off-piste is preferred.

Tracking, not trecking

Since 2008 I use Garmin devices to record nearly all sportive movements. This gives a nice history of tracks and statistics, from home region and all trips.

Visualizing tracks my self is a different story, will published later.