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July 30, 2010
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Globetrotter-Treffen Schwarzach
Zigeiner will be talking about his Latin American adventures & some serious high mountains at the world famous Globetrotter-Treffen in Schwarzach, Austria, 27 - 29 of August 2010. Everyone welcome!!!
July 29, 2010
Tags: (Rock) Climbing, Austria, Globetrotter-Treffen Schwarzach Posted in: Back Home 2010 No Comments
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Adiós querido Argentina - I will be back!!
I am tired, very tired from traveling. Even too tired to write about it.
So I made the decision to go back home to the Royal Kingdom of Bavaria… tomorrow!
It’s been a long time: about 2 years & 9 months. I have traveled all across the American continents, overland, from Canada to Patagonia and climbed their highest peaks.
I am looking forward to see my family, drink good/real beer, eat loads of white sausages & hunt “sheep-heads” with the boys!
I will again understand all the people around me… weird… and I will be able to say all the things the way I want to express them…
I am happy & relieved, but also sad & scared.
Am I ready to go? I don’t know… Let the next part of my life begin!
See you around - el Tanque Alemán
My last night @ the famous “Residencia” en Córdoba
Argentina, I will miss you! Thank you (all) for the best time of my life!!
P.S.: U can reach me again on my (old) German mobile number: +49 (0)163 6452933
July 9, 2010
Tags: Argentina, Córdoba, Germany Posted in: Argentina 2010 One Comment
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El tanque alemán esta avanzando!!
Vamos vamos Argentina! Vamos a ganar!
If it was about fans… but (luckily or sadly) it is… NOT!
WOW - What a massacre!
“El tanque alemán” executed Argentina’s pride and pulled them back to reality.
I don’t really know what to write. I almost feel pity for Argentina. But to be honest, I am kinda happy that somebody finally shut them up! It was enough, too much. Sick! Argentina’s one-way football fanaticism is beyond words.
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| Diego, the ballboy’s name is “Mueller”! | Null zu Vier - Zero to Four - Cero a Cuatro! |
Never have I witnessed something like this before! After their elimination from the 2010 football world cup Argentineans are even too paralyzed to hunt him down: the enemy - me - the German.
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I am a massive football fan myself and I really enjoy debating about every player’s bowel movements - even a couple of hours every day isn’t a problem.
But, queridos Argentinos, in the past 6 weeks I have not had a single conversation not about El Dios Maradona, Jesus Messi, La Selección Divina or a combination of them. |
Nevertheless I had a f*ckinfantastic time watching, celebrating & crying together with my friends from all around the globe. I am glad that I got the opportunity to experience a football world cup the South American way. See you all in Brazil 2014!!
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| Good & dangerous times celebrating the upcoming clash between Argentina & Germany | |
Argentineans in Córdoba are going crazy after the football world cup victory over Mexico -
- but “el tanque alemán esta avanzando”!!!
In the end I got told by the police to go home because they (and I!) were afraid to get stabbed…
July 5, 2010
Tags: Argentina, Córdoba, Germany Posted in: Argentina 2010 No Comments
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Good times en Córdoba
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Climbing competition @ PieMano in Alta Gracia
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Rock climbing @ Los Gigantes
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Incredible Cruz
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Working - modeling
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El tanque alemán
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Friends
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My 28th birthday @ la Residencia
Pedro (Brazil) die betrunkene Schlampe
July 4, 2010
Tags: (Rock) Climbing, Argentina, Birthday, Córdoba, Los Gigantes Posted in: Argentina 2010 No Comments
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Bariloche
Pictures from 1 month Bariloche - Patagonia:
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| Somewhere in between Cerro Catedral & Refugio Frey |
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| Together with a handful of friends from Córdoba @ Malabar, Bariloche |
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| Climbing @ Cerro Ventana | |
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June 1, 2010
Tags: (Rock) Climbing, Argentina, Bariloche, Refugio Frey Posted in: Argentina 2010 No Comments
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Rock Climbing @ La Ola
Thanks Viri & Santi for taking me out climbing to La Ola (about 2 hours or 120 kms outside of Cordoba) for the weekend!
April 17, 2010
Tags: (Rock) Climbing, Argentina, Córdoba, La Ola Posted in: Argentina 2010 No Comments
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Cerro Tres Kandú (842m) - Highest point of Paraguay
With a whopping altitude of 842 meters Cerro Tres Kandú or Cerro Peró
is the highest point of Paraguay!
It is located in the municipality of General Eugenio Garay, Guairá Department, and is part of the “Ybytyruzú” mountain range.
The difficulty is not to climb it, the problem is to find it.
It took us (Ben, an English climber I met months earlier in Peru, and me) a couple of days, a few fruitless bus rides across the department and a lot more contradictory advises from the local population until we could finally start the 3 hour hike from the base to the top of Cerro Tres Kandú:
Zigeiner & Ben celebrating proudly on the roof of Paraguay!
How to get there:
Go to Villarrica, a small city situated half way between the country’s capital Asunción and Ciudad del Este.
From there people will send you to the 25 km distant Colonia Independencia, a lovely German postwar settlement with beautiful hikes and the 60 meter waterfall Salto Suizo nearby… only to find out that the summit of Tres Kandú can only be reached from the other side…
So, back in Villarrica take another bus south-east to Garay (see map) which only consists of a few houses next to the road and find the “Lavadero”, a kind of car-wash-garage.
There we encountered a bunch of really sweet & helpful 17-year olds and after we refueled their mopeds they gave us a ride across the fields to the about 10 km farther base of the mountain. They also helped translating our Spanish into GuaranÃ, the native language in Paraguay, when we asked a local farmer to show us the way up the mountain. For a hand-full of dollars tips the farmer’s son then guided us through the brush-wood up the hill.
How to get back to Villarrica:
“Just wait next to the road, the bus will come… now… or maybe later…”.
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| A local kid is giving me a ride on his bike | Enjoying the view from the roof of Paraguay |
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Ben taking pictures of impressive spiders during the hike through the forest
It was a lot of fun and a true Paraguayan experience!
March 31, 2010
Tags: (Rock) Climbing, Paraguay, Summit Log, Tres Kandú Posted in: Paraguay One Comment
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Iguazu Falls
275 falls - 2.7 kilometers long - 82 meters high - average annual flow rate of 1746 m³/s
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ITAIPU dam - the largest operational hydroelectric power plant in the world
March 28, 2010
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Iguazu Falls Posted in: Argentina, Brazil No Comments
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Brazil - Summary
Will there be a life without Açaà ever again?!
 The view over Rio de Janeiro from Niterói |
 Maracanã - the world’s biggest football stadium |
 Ilha Grande |
 Trindade |
 Reggae concert with “Groundation”… |
 …in São Paulo |
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March 24, 2010
Tags: Brazil, Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Trinidade Posted in: Brazil No Comments
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