Here at Altes Lager, 60 km south of Berlin, we have covered skies and not a great forecast. So far we postponed the briefing to 13.00 hrs because the sky was covered, every now and then a shower. Maybe it will improve a little, maybe not. I would not mind a rest day today, because I have to fly with somebody elses harness and helmet, because Oli forgot my equipment at Skyline ;) at least he brought my glider! And Wolfi sent the harness up today, hopefully it will be here tomorrow.

Today I went up Rauschberg with Chrissy and Stephan to take some aerial shots from my glider. It was the only possible flying day with a bit of sun this week and we were lucky to catch it. At the moment there is already thunder and lightening outside, another huge front will roll through tonight. I really hope they dont get too much rain in Wuppertal, as they will launch the Red Bull X-Fighters event on Saturday. Motocross drivers won´t mind the mud, but the spectators I guess...

Congratulations to European Champion Elio Cataldi (ITA) - yesterday he won the Slovenian Open in Tolmin, ahead of my favourite Slovenian Pilot Primoz Gricar.

Tonight I will drive to Hamburg with my parents and some friends from my hanggliding club here in Bremen, because I was invited to a sports program of the North German

Earlier this year I spent a month in and around Colima, Mexico. My
brother married a beautiful, sweet Mexican girl from Trojes, in the
mountains above Colima, and our family went to the wedding in this
tiny mountain town.

Today I learned that the lives of the family of my new sister-in-law
are in grave danger from the drug cartel in the mountains. A few days
ago her uncle was been shot and killed and two other other relatives
were shot, but survived. The family has fled their home and everything

....no amount of torture is gonna do it!

Tonight between 18.00 and 18.45 on Bayern 3 there will be a report about the hanggliding world championships on television.