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Team 2 – Team Twende
Join us in sending love and support to Team Twende!
The Car To Market & TCO Solutions team got together for their pan-European team meeting in Frankfurt today. One team
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December 22, 2018
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December 22, 2018
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Team 1 – The Ascenders
Deutsch: Von der Hummel, die den Kilimandscharo erklimmen wollte und als Löwin den Gipfel erreichte
Es ist jetzt über zwei Wochen her, dass ich zusammen mit den anderen Ascenders auf dem Gipfel des Kilimandscharo stand.
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December 22, 2018
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December 22, 2018
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Team 1 – The Ascenders
English: The story of a bumblebee who wanted to climb Kilimanjaro and reached the summit as a lioness
It is now more than two weeks ago that, together with the other Autovista Ascenders, I stood on the summit
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December 15, 2018
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December 15, 2018
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Gedanken aus Zelt 15 – thoughts from tent 15
We are back at the hotel, after a week I can’t describe with words. We couldn’t send our blogs while
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December 10, 2018
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December 10, 2018
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Wow!
Einfach nur wow! Ich bin gerade in meinem Zelt angekommen, gerade rechtzeitig vor einem Regenguss. Wir sind im ersten Camp
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December 7, 2018
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December 7, 2018
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Team 1 – The Ascenders
… and then there was Kili
When I arrived at breakfast this morning, my fellow Ascenders asked me whether I saw it already. I had not
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December 6, 2018
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December 6, 2018
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Our Arrival
We made it! We’re all here, safe and sound, in the beautiful Weru Weru River Lodge Hotel in Moshi. It’s
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December 5, 2018
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December 5, 2018
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These boots are made for walking…
These boots are made for walking, but am I? I’m so excited. Not nice to leave my loved ones behind,
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December 4, 2018
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December 4, 2018
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Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht? How time flies…
Unfassbar, dieses ganz weit entfernte große Ziel ist jetzt zum Greifen nah. Haben wir nicht gestern erst die “count me
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November 27, 2018
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November 27, 2018
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Thank you for the music!
English translation below… Wie die meisten von Euch wissen, dreht sich bei mir vieles um Musik! Nicht so sehr um’s
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November 19, 2018
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November 19, 2018
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Team 1 – The Ascenders
Ein knallrotes Zelt im Garten – my red tent in the garden
English translation below… Bevor es tatsächlich ernst wird, wollte ich doch gerne nochmal meine Ausrüstung testen. Allen voran meinen Schlafsack.
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November 16, 2018
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November 16, 2018
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Flusskilometer bewältigt – river challenge completed
English translation below… Am letzten Wochenende habe ich meine Flußwanderung abgeschlossen. 60km von Aschaffenburg nach Frankfurt, immer am Main entlang.
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November 13, 2018
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November 13, 2018
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Team 1 – The Ascenders
Dieser Moment geht mit ins Gepäck – how do I bottle this feeling?
English translation below… Was habe ich mir nur dabei gedacht, gestern ganz euphorisch “na klar” zu sagen? Die Frage, die
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November 6, 2018
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November 6, 2018
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A river runs through it, always the next goal to achieve
Something I learned over the course of the whole Kilimanjaro journey is how much I am driven by accomplishing something,
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October 31, 2018
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October 31, 2018
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Endspurt…or the Final Countdown
English translation below… Heute ist Halloween und in genau sechs Wochen werden sich die Autovista Ascenders am frühen Abend nervös
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October 25, 2018
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October 25, 2018
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Die richtige Ausrüstung, die nächste Herausforderung – The right kit, another challenge
English translation below… Als ich mich für die Kili-Challenge beworben habe, war mir absolut klar, dass ich es mit sehr
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October 20, 2018
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October 20, 2018
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Ab in die Alpen! – Take me to the Alps!
Bevor es auf den Kili geht, wollte ich unbedingt nochmal in die Berge, um drei Tage am Stück zu wandern.
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October 17, 2018
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October 17, 2018
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Warum denn immer diese Hummel? – The story about the bumblebee
Der ein oder andere fragt sich vielleicht, warum ich mich immer wieder auf die Hummel beziehe in meinen Tweets, mit
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October 15, 2018
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October 15, 2018
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Team 1 – The Ascenders
Über den Wolken… The sky is the limit
Im vergangenen Juli veranstaltete ich eine große Verlosung, um Spenden für meine UNICEF-Kilimandscharo-Aktion zu sammeln. Die Idee habe ich ganz
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September 24, 2018
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September 24, 2018
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Big Everyday Challenges
One of the big everyday challenges we all face is about finding the time for all the things we want
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