IT…COULD…WORK!!! (that’s what dr.Frederick Frankenstein said). Yes, skiing a bit while living in Jena could work, of course nothing comparable with alps, but snow is snow. Oberwiesenthal is an acceptable resort in Sachsen, right on the boundary with Czech Republic. I went there with some guys since their idea was to take some nice pictures of skiers and snowboarders, let’s see the results. Many crashes, I hope we will have some nice pics too.

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Here’s a preview:

Winter is here, with snow and cold temperature. Unlike in Salzburg, having snow where there are no mountains to enjoy it…well it’s a bit sad. So I needed to find, or better, to try some ways to enjoy a bit the snow in Jena.

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Summer: well amy italian that lived in Germany for more than 2 weeks would know that this word doesn’t have the same meaning here and in Italy. I’ve never seen so much rain in summertime in my whole life. Rain, cold and crazy changing weather. That’s why whenever there’s a sunny day I appreciate it even more and I try to live it at my best. What can be better than diving from a bridge in the river with a nice company of fun-loving people? (diving in the sea of course…but in absence of that…)

Here’s a short edit with a swing that i built just to add “something” to the fun time on our bridge.

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…and a collage picture.

It’s been quite a long time since i last wrote something. The last time I was in the beautiful Austrian mountains, now I don’t feel so lucky anymore but still I try to find the beauty of the place where I live. Actually the place it’s in another country, now I live in Jena, a small city in Thüringen, eastern Germany. This place would not be so bad if they had more than ZERO mountains, I miss them so much.
However, still there’s something positive here, like having a pretty nice park just next to my place, the perfect location to relax and to practice a bit with my slackline.

Here’s a couple of shots

Then, during my “quest” to find some spots for bouldering I found myself in Rabenschüssel. Sandstone…on the worse quality, reeeeeeeally sandy. Not really nice if you have been climbing in Zillertal, Val di Mello, Val Daone on perfect granite. Still there’s a positive side of the medal: that place is pretty good for a barbecue with friends.

Nice pic with nice girls, Diana and Denise.

Everything end where it begun. And it (my ski season) has ended in the best possible way: no icy snow, no molten shit bit perfect fresh powder. Yes i said fresh powder, sometimes even deep, with not so many skiers around and many new virgin lines to be skied. The locations where the season started, Kitzsteinhorn and Obertauern had some of the best conditions of the whole year, and this is a huge surprise, a beautiful present if (like for me) your only thoughts where “damn i want again pow, again fresh like in january).

Here’s a couple of video edits from the last 3 days of this wonderful seasons 2011/2012: the best of my life!

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