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Claim back your life
It was not so long ago that I called the ambulance in the middle of the night to take me to the hospital. I had been having pain from my heart to my left arm for several days. You don’t have to be a doctor to know that this is…
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The great alone
Walking the pacific crest trail I’ve always loved hiking, but life has its seasons — and for a while, mine stood still. Picking up this book reignited something I’d almost forgotten. It reminded me of the quiet pull of adventure, of moving forward step by step, of getting lost just…
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Guru Maps
Alongside Komoot and Garmin, which I use to plan routes in advance, there’s another app I always keep on my smartphone for hikes and travels: Guru Maps. Guru Maps offers different types of maps worldwide — road maps, city maps, public transport, cycling routes, and topographic maps. You can download…
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The best camera, Period!
As professional photographer I often get asked about which camera people should buy and what my advice is. Usually via Whatsapp and then it’s quite a task for me to write out the same thing over and over again and ask questions… I don’t mind the question, but I always end up…
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Merlin Bird app
One app that has given us a lot of pleasure in recent years is the Merlin Bird app.This app allows you to simply use your smartphone to recognize which birds are currently singing around you. Very nice if you are walking in nature and are surrounded by singing birds. Even in…
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Komoot
Komoot is my main tool/app for planning and documenting hikes. There are countless apps that claim to navigate you around the entire world. Countless — trust me, I’ve tried many of them. And the one that stands out far above the rest, for me, is Komoot. First of all, the…
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Where do all the photos go!?
A visual memory of 21 years of personal snapshots.How to actually enjoy all those snapshots on a daily basis. Every photo I take ends up playing on our Apple TV and in on of our albums on the livingroom table and on my smartphone. We generate a whole lot of…