Tag: Extreme sports
Season opener for the German sports lumberjack elite in Lenggries: with an ax in the festival tent
At the patron day of the mountain riflemen in Lenggries, the best German sport lumberjacks compete for the first time with axes and saws to qualify for the German championship.…
Extreme athlete Hoffmeister: “I was kidnapped on my last tour” – Business
The extreme athlete Freya Hoffmeister kayaks six months a year. She circumnavigated Australia, South America and just North America. Where she gets her money from is unusual. Freya Hoffmeister was…
"World’s Toughest Row": Crossing the Atlantic in a rowing boat
Janik Prottung and Danny Schleicher cross the ocean – they had the idea when they couldn’t even row. Now, after 3,000 miles, they are just before Antigua and are talking…
Thrills with “Corps extrêmes” in the House of the Berlin Festival – Culture
Other people go scrambling on climbing walls or, the newfangled thing: bouldering. The crew that enters the stage area in the Berlin Festival House, on the other hand, produces body…
Extreme sport kayaking: “The limits are getting higher and higher” – Munich
Let’s start on the verge of madness. The first scene of the film – subtitled with the warning “Explicit Kayaking!” – shows a kayaker in a long shot, at the…
The strongest woman in Germany comes from Nuremberg – Bavaria
If you want to tell the story of the strongest woman in Germany, you should start with your youth. Sandra Bradley, 35, comes from Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, a district…
Let’s talk about money: "A shark knows immediately if you’re fed up"
André Wiersig is an extreme swimmer. The sea gave him a lot, but also took a lot. Why he goes through the hardships, why he is ashamed of humanity –…
Apnea diver Kathleen Greubel orients her life towards extreme sports
Rubber boat tour on the Isar Drift to Munich Anyone who paddles a rubber dinghy on the Isar will pass untouched nature – and people who escape the stress of…
The Bavarian Outdoor Film Prize is awarded in Miesbach – Munich
On Friday, January 20th, the Bavarian Outdoor Film Award 2022 will be presented as an audience award in Miesbach. At the approximately 50 past events, this has Bavarian Outdoor Film…
Mountaineer Kristin Harila: record attempt failed – Panorama
Interviewed by Nadine rule Norwegian Kristin Harila, 36, a former cross-country skier, hasn’t been in the eight-thousander business for very long. In 2021 she climbed the first mountain in this…