Himmelfahrtskommando 2009 - Cassis Calanques!

The 4th Himmelfahrtskommando is done!

The title Himmelfahrtskommando has resulted from the puplic holiday called "Christi Himmelfahrt". Each year around this date I go with friends on an action trip, where we focus on mountain biking and rock climbing. We prefer to camp in tents and look for beautiful locations, which fit our special needs.


This year we chose South France => Cassis => Calanques and stayed there for a full week.


I don't want to describe the incredible week we had with just plain words. Turn up our speakers and enjoy this video:

Himmelfahrtskommando 2009 - Cassis Calanques from solarthermienator on Vimeo.

Feel free to write a comment if you need some tips for a similar trip to the Calanques!

Working semester at TiSUN GmbH

Studying "Eco-Energy Engineering" at FH-Wels also includes a semester of full time working. I did it at TiSUN GmbH in Tirol, where I had build up a good reputation when working there in my study free time.
This guaranteed a fast start with all the collages I already knew in the company and interesting, advanced projects.

Down there you find the report I did of my working semester.

It's written in german, a google translated english version can be found here. Otherwise you might be disturbed by the heavy usage of the word "Die" - which simply means "the" in german. :-)


(click to view the pdf)


Interesting work, good money and the feeling of doing the right thing !

That's it,

Solar Wind Surfing

Solar Wind Surfing, originally uploaded by Bemep.

What a great photo!

So inspiring - I had to blog it:

"Sun, Wind and Water ... isn't that all we need for our energy-future?"

Understanding Peak Oil

It's time to understand "Peak Oil" for everybody. This video is very well done and describes the situation clearest:




The other parts:

Part 2 of 8
Part 3 of 8
Part 4 of 8
Part 5 of 8
Part 6 of 8
Part 7 of 8
Part 8 of 8

Each one it about 10 min.


Be sure not to miss this knowledge, it will influence our further decisions in a positive way and at least you won't run blind into the future.


The economic crisis maybe slowed down the oil consumption a bit, but don't under-expect the daily increase of oil demand in China and India ...

More information can be found easily here.


Act now!

Migirora[ESP] rocked Tirol!

This year the week with new years eve in between has been really special. Thanks to the visit of Miquel and Aurora. He is a good friend of mine from our abroad semester in Sweden, where we did a lot of rock climbing and other outdoor stuff together.

In summer I went to Alicante for a week and it was just great to experience the country with a real local. Of course I wanted to organize a similar cool week as Miquel did for me, so check out some pictures of things we did in the last week:











Has been such a great time! I wish everybody to get friends from abroad, the intercultural exchange is so exiting and beeing a touriste-guide for your surrounding sights makes them so much more interesting.

cu again and enjoy 2009!

Martin & Conny