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categoryTriathletes Yvonne van Vlerken, Sebastian Kienle, Ronnie Schildknecht and Sam Gydé on horses’ backs – dramatic experiences under extreme circumstances
Il grande finale of our stay in Kona this year was the horse-riding with our dear athletes at the Dahana Ranch in Waimea. It was meant as a...
The other perspective or following Sebastian Kienle to his first world title
October, 11, 2014, IRONMAN world championships, Kona, Hawaii For 11 years we come to the Big Island to tell our story of this race and the athletes who...
Walking on the Mauna Kea’s summit on the Humu’ula foot trail
I woke up at 2:59am … no time to hesitate getting up. We wanted to leave at 4:00am to start our ascent at 5:30am. Herwig should take the...
Interview with two true Hawaiians right on top of Mauna Kea
This video interview nicely completes our encounter with the Hawaiian people, who were expressing - silently protesting - their claim for the land of their ancestors on the...
Mauna Kea: Encounter with the indigenous people of Hawaii
Since several years it belongs to our routines to drive to the summit of Mauna Kea, this magic and sacred mountain on the Big Island. You climb up...
DaHana Ranch: horse riding remote from the noise and crowds in Kailua-Kona
What an experience! Since I was 12 years old I never set on a horse’s back again. Honestly, I was stressed and tensed in the beginning and Kailua,...
Encounter day 6: the big feast in our house high above the Pacific
It became kind of a routine to open the doors of our house in Kona every year for one evening before the race for dear friends and our...
Encounter day 4: we recoil from the mighty Pacific Ocean
Our goal was and still is to reach the turnaround buoy of the 3.8 k swim course of the IRONMAN world championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. We thought that,...