Slowly getting back to normal life...

by justACRO

Hi everybody! I know, I know, the site haven't been updated for a long time, so first of all I apologize for that. My last weeks were quite busy. Starting on 19th July from Salzburg I completed my journey through the biggest mountain chains of Europe, competing in the Red Bull X-Alps '09. More than 10 days passed after the end of the race and my body has recovered, however it still takes some time - especially for my mind - to return and pick up the normal float of life.

Starting from Brévent, above Chamonix, just an hour before the finish of the race

The Red Bull X-Alps was a completely new adventure for me, kind of a life changing experience, wherein risk also takes a big part of the game, so several times I was quite happy to have all the skills of an acro pilot and keep my wing open next to tremendously huge cliffs, flying completely in the rotor...In 12 days I walked and flew 500-500 km's through 5 countries and hiked more than 30.000 altimeters. I can be very happy, first because my injured ankle held through the whole race and because I reached my own declared goal, to finish in the TOP10! You can find out more about my journey at the Red Bull X-Alps website, under the Athletes/Diaries section.

I would like to thank all your messages you wrote into my guestbook, you are awesome! However I couldn't read them during the competition, but some friends and family were telling me about all the comments and best wishes and you can't imagine how much it helped me to motivate me to keep going in the hardest moments! So once again, thank you very very much!

Last but not least thanks a lot to my supporter Mauritz and my sponsors, who made it all possible for me: