Project VELAIA

On the VELo cycling for and around gAIA

Thanks page

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I want to use this possibility to say thanks to many individuals and organizations (from around the world) who’ve helped me a lot and who I have to credit good parts of my personal developement to. Sorry in advance for all the others I’ve forgotten – please forbear with me! Again the list is in no particular order:

  • Personal
    • my family Verena, Martina and Elmar – you’ve withstood all my oddities (and survived :-) ) – you can find my mother’s homepage under www.bpstherapie.de
    • my sister’s friend Andi for many rich in content conversations
    • my cycling and training fellow cyclist Adrian for thousands of shared kilometers and ideas
    • Simon and Paul and many other fellow physics students – have a great time and success in your studies
    • Rudi and Inge Vasek, they have been friends ever since I was a little boy and covered at least all my internet costs since the beginning of my tour – Inge prepares the best “Schwäbisch” food!
  • People I met and know
    • Rob Thomson who has cycled a similar route and inspired me a lot
    • Olly Powell, the chief disorganizer of the great Beijing to Paris 2007 Carfree event
    • David Nestle and team from the ISET e.V. institute – I got many worthy insights during the time in Kassel
    • the very companionable team of the deZem GmbH in Berlin (Georg, Hanno, Sebastian)
    • Carl Georg Rasmussen, the inventor and builder of the Leitra velomobil, and JĂĽrgen Eick
    • Simon, Maxi and Mathias for the great days we shared in Norway
    • Geir Ellingsen and the team and people of the VikingTour – one of the most beautiful cycling tours in the world!
    • Arne and Martin who I cycled with at the Viking Tour
    • many Norwegians who can’t wait to donate their maps to poor unoriented cyclists and who have often welcomed us warm-heartedly
    • Ulrich Lamm and other cyclists who have made radweit.de possible
  • Important Organizations (and the people behind them)