03.12.18 ...today it's finally starting

Finally the day of departure to Namibia has arrived and we are sitting at Frankfurt airport waiting for the flight to Windhoek. The departure is tonight at 20:10, slightly delayed.

Who are we?

We, Marco Planer, my bike partner, Georg Zimmermann, his support and my better half and caregiver Uli Wilden.

But first, a brief review of how we got to this point, sitting here and starting to write this blog.

The initial rough idea was born in February 2018 and my first reaction was: Totally crazy, I'm not doing such a crazy shit.

2 weeks later, at the birthday party of our bike buddy Dirk, the plans became a bit more concrete.

A few weeks later, on 28.03., while I was training on Mallorca, I received the sad news of the death of our bike friend Mario, who was supposed to start with us in Namibia.

That was the moment when Marco and I, in our grief, decided to go through with "this thing".

...and just a few months later and a few thousand kilometers of training later, we are now here and looking forward to what awaits us in the next few days.