Another “OZ Cover Story” - the current German Kanu Magazin! Now available on the German news stands!

I’ll bring some free handsigned copies to my lecture at Spiekeroog tomorrow

Paul Caffyn, kayak legend and first-time circumnavigator of Australia in 1982, got eventually his “Dreamtime Voyage” book reprinted about the one and only successful kayak circumnavigation of OZ before I made it around in 2009.

As my own book about my trip will still take a while to get ready, you can already have a warm-up read with this great, almost historical book!

Please send Paul an e-mail for inquiries and order details kayakpc@xtra.co.nz . And don’t forget to ask him for a personal signed copy!

Just a pity his book wasn’t on sale anymore *during * my trip – I kept my own copy as a “travelguide” close to me during my whole paddle around OZ, as much as you guys online would have been able to follow and compare the trips through his book! Now is the chance again to retrace the trip!

Thanks very much to Bill Thompson from Downwind Sports to invite me to teach and speak at the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Sympsoium! It was a pleasure to be at Grand Marais/ Lake Superior. It is a great place for beginners and intermediate kayakers to meet and to learn form each other!

There are hundreds of images uploaded on the symposium’s facebook website - just please have a look and browse through the great pics!

Dough van Doren – Greenland rolling star from “TITS II” – and his talented son Aiden. They both did a great rolling show!

Thanks to Ryan Rushton from Geneva Kayak Center for organizing and hosting my talk, and thanks to Paul and his lovely wife Kim for hosting me for the night!

My shirt says:

“Women who behave rarely make history!”

So true…

Thanks to Ken (2nd right), Dave (2nd left) and the great crew of the Bay Creek Paddling Center for organizing and hosting my talk in Rochester!

Thanks to Mark Jacobson and his team from Charles River Canoe & Kayak for organizing and hosting my talk in Boston!

Thanks to the crew from North Cove Outfitters (left) and to Phil Warner from ConnYak (right) to organize and host my slideshow in Essex!

And thanks to Carl Tjerandsen and his lovely wife Yolanda with their beautiful dog Rainy to give me a room in their house!

My youngest fans!

The talk in Rhode Island, organized and hosted by Jeff Shapiro from the Kayak Centre, was one of the very much perfect organized and prepared ones with a good turnout in a lovely (airconditioned!) venue. Thanks very much to Jeff and his nice crew!

Some of the many nice and qualified staff members: Kate, Jake, myself, Brooke, Emily – thanks to all!

I welcome two new elite members of the “Silver Kayak Lady’s Club”: Biff Wruszek, Margaret Mann

Members so far:

myself as the “founder”…the silver kayak pendant was given to me at my OZ trip start by Mark Sundin, Expedition Kayaks. It was my talisman all around the continent!

Karel Vissel, the one and only honorable male member of the elite woman’s club ) – he’s got the original one…

Jen Kleck

Maddie Millsip

Birgit Fischer

Eila Wilkinson

Biff Wruszek

Margaret Mann

Very impressive 40 min 4th of July firework (view on You Tube!) from six simultaneous firing barges on the Hudson River over Manhattan – the biggest one I’ve ever seen!

Private Fireworks picnic on the floating dock of the boathouse of the Manhattan Kayak Company: Biff Wruszek, Margaret Mann, Joe Glickman, myself, two local paddling ladys (sorry I didn’t get your names), Eric Stiller

Fortunately we had private access tickets to the Manhattan Kayak Company boathouse, the “common firework viewing crowd” had to stay on the second road, away from the Hudson River shore! Strange, as the promenade and the nearby jetty was unaccessible for people and empty…but good for us…It almost felt like being on a boat, as the dock was floating, it had beautiful wooden planks, and the ladys were barefoot without the high heels No other boats on the Hudson River allowed besides the 6 firework barges, all within perfect view from our dock. Luxury! Thanks for the invitation, Eric! 

Margaret Mann, Joe Glickman, myself