Our Sonoran Desert Tour in Arizona included 5 days of splendid mountain biking, mostly single track, on altitudes of 2,000–6,000 feet. We rode through hillsides dotted with shapely saguaro, prickly pear, and spiny ocotillo cactus, and camped in the middle of nowhere in the Santa Rita Mountains and at Catalina State Park. As expected, the [click to read more]

Our recent trip home to visit our family in Germany was framed by several important occasions and celebrations including Arnulf’s 80th birthday, our nephew Simon’s christening and of course Christmas and New Year’s Eve. We were happy and grateful that Vera from Hamburg and Rochelle from Pretoria were able to join us and thereby made [click to read more]

I was at a National Geographic photographic workshop this week in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Met  a lot of nice and interesting people.  The course was presented by Robb Kendrick, a reknowned NG photographer.  I learned a lot – below are some of the pictures I took during the week.  Click the “Full Screen” button [click to read more]

I have always been fascinated by the Alps and participating in the Trans Alp sounded like a great (but crazy) way to experience the Alps. The route this year traversed the Alps from Fussen, Germany (close to Rita’s home town of Pfronten) to Riva del Garda in Italy, leading through the most beautiful mountain ranges of [click to read more]

I did the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey today.  It was a short 30km single track trail.  Was a bit early in the season for me to do well, but I managed 7th place.  You can find my GPS data here.