Gestern in den wunderschönen Ötschergräben.
#Wandern #Trailrunning #Ötscher #Ötschergräben #Natur #Berge #Hiking #Nature #Mountains #BloomScrolling
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Damian Lehmann
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Psychologist, Consultant, Executive Coach.
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In the Alps on 1,600 m –thunder & hail! Wish me luck…
#Trailrunning #RunnersOfMastodon #Krummbachstein #Rax #Schneeberg #Hiking #Mountains #Nature #Berge #Wandern #Natur
Die Stadt #Wien steigert die User Experience gerne ins Unermessliche…
Today, I went snowshoeing on the Rax, at an altitude of about 1,700 m, with a super-cool lady. We had 40 cm of wonderful fresh snow. In the many snowdrifts, we sometimes sank 70 cm deep. Because of the avalanche warning and for more wind protection, we stayed mainly in the hilly forest. Not a soul in sight, no tracks in front of us in the snow. It was absolutely beautiful!
#Rax #Snowshoes #Snowshoeing #SchneeschuhWanderung #Mountains #Nature #RunnersOfMastodon #Trailrunning #Schnee #Snow
Friday the 13th.
What kind of enchanted castle could this be? (Wrong answers only)
#WindowFriday #FensterFreitag #Wien #Vienna #Austria #Hundertwasser
Premiere: My very first orienteering race was great fun! It was a long-distance race on a military training ground. For the first kilometer, I was very focused on mastering the start phase and finding the first control point. You only get the map at the start, which makes it particularly exciting. But I quickly got used to always thinking one step ahead. Still, I have a lot of experience to gain!
#Orienteering #Orientierungslauf #Trailrunning #RunnersOfMastodon #Running
#Trailrunning in the snow again…!
Today we went on a long, fast snowshoe hike in 25-50 cm of fresh snow! In the hills right on the outskirts of #Vienna. Unreal and beautiful!
#Wien #Snowshoes #Snowshoeing #SchneeschuhWanderung #Mountains #Nature #RunnersOfMastodon #Trailrunning #Schnee #Snow #Austria #Österreich
Insights from my 2nd orienteering race:
- 13 checkpoints are easy. 20 are a mental challenge!
- Sometimes a compass is not very helpful; it's better to count every blade of grass.
- After 50 minutes, it's easy to lose focus.
- Old runners make less mistakes. But sometimes even they can't see the forest for the trees.
- If you have the impression that you’ve visited 2 checkpoints in the wrong order, listen to the pros: “Don't always be so honest!”
3rd orienteering race completed! 13 checkpoints, 16 km, 420 m EG. If you're used to psychedelic O maps with a luxurious scale of 1:10,000, then switching to military maps with a scale of 1:25,000 is difficult: there isn't much information, and I constantly underestimated the distances. But I mastered the challenging terrain all by myself! Rumor has it that it was some kind of record time – maybe that's why there was no one else in the finish area?
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@evawolfangel Die Einzelkämpfer unter den Unternehmensberatern sind auch lustig. Springen auf jeden Hype-Train auf, um ja nicht abgehängt zu werden. Bei Anfragen sag ich immer: "KI = Kein Interesse".
4th orienteering race completed! An easy one, 11 km, 280 m elevation gain. It paid off that I’d trained in the area twice beforehand. I got a good sense of the terrain, identified some interesting routes, and got used to reading smaller-scale maps. Unfortunately, a dumbbell fell on my toe 48 hours earlier. The dumbbell was fine, though...
I spent 3h helping a friend buy her first modern bike, a #GravelBike. As a runner who’s prone to injuries, she was looking for a good alternative. She only had a vague idea and zero knowledge about bikes. I predicted a steep learning curve and advised her to get one that could grow with her. At first, she wanted a cheap bike in red. But I was able to persuade her to go for a better bike: “You need to shine, not the bike. And black goes with more outfits.”
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@Fasgadh@mastodon.scot Exactly! That's why I joked about "counting every grass blade". You had to count paths all the time! No need for a compass at all. Bizarre...
RUSH encore "Working Man", last night in Chicago. Geddy finally jumps onto the drum riser – I knew it!
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