encounters at large
categoryInterview 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,...
Encounter day 3: the taming of the longboard
As I mentioned in my last blog post, our ideas need the reality proof first. One took place today. From our dear Hawaiian friend Carli we got the...
Encounters on the road
Island Day N° 2 After Island Day N° 1 when we have been setting out to South Point more in a daze than with all our senses present,...
Never escape your time zone without a BIEST BOOSTER
… it is going to catch you. We use the BIEST BOOSTER as a kind of shield to fence off the jet lag, to give us the stamina...