Two lessons for life

My heart beats like crazy. The lioness appears in our range of vision. She looks around and then stares directly at us. I will never forget those piercing eyes. And then something else happens that I will never forget: The lioness roars! She is 25 metres away and...

This man showed me what one can endure

My three fellow travellers and I wear hiking boots, functional clothing, rain gear, and a day pack. Today, on the last and most difficult day of the ascent, we will be asked to do a lot again. But that’s exactly what I love about such adventures: When nature...

Keeping calm amidst a roaring environment

Deafening noise, soaking wet clothes, slippery stones – not an easy undertaking, quite respectable and definitely exciting – that is the waterfall I’m in right now. Then I see Johnny lingering still in the midst of the thundering, raging forces....

Four things you can learn from Thor Heyerdahl

Four things entrepreneurs, startup founders and managers can learn from Thor Heyerdahl Twenty years ago today, one of the most important explorers, discoverers and adventurers of the 20th century died: Thor Heyerdahl. As an entrepreneur, startup founder, manager, you...