Break

Yesterday we left Dubai for good. In the last two weeks I had been a little bit sick because of the whole moving process. Now we are in Turkey and we will need approx. two more weeks to organize everything. But I hope to restart my training program as soon as possible.

Equipment

Here is a list of the equipment, which I need (to buy): - Rucksack (ca. 30 l) - Berg-/Trekkingschuhe - Sandalen/Turnschuhe - Schlafsack - Jacke - Regenjacke (Goretex o.ä.) - Wandersocken/Strümpfe - Wanderhose, Kurze Hose - Überhose (Goretex o.ä.) - Grödel - Gamaschen - Fleece-Pullover - Fleece-Jacke - Handschuhe - Überhandschuhe - Mütze / Stirnband - Unterwäsche - lange Unterhose - Hemden - T-Shirts (Funktionsfasern) - Handtuch - Kopfkissenbezug - Seife, Shampoo (biol. abbaubar) - Zahnbürste, Zahnpasta - Naßrasierer - Sonnenbrille - Sonnencreme ab Faktor 20 - Lippenschutz - Wasser Entkeimungsmittel - Trinkflasche - Thermoskanne - Stirn- oder Taschenlampe - Fotoapparat - Ersatzakku oder Batterie - Speicherchips oder Filme - Geld, EC-Karte - Reisepass - 3 Passfotos - Oropax oder Watte - Nähzeug - Reiseapotheke - Zündhölzer - Uhr - Taschenmesser - Lektüre - Wanderkarte - Evtl.: Traubenzucker, Schokolade, Müsliriegel, Vitamintabletten, etc - (Fernglas) - (Teleskop-Stöcke) - (Höhenmesser) Zusammensetzung der Reiseapotheke - Hansaplast, Leukoplast - Mittel gegen Durchfall - Insektenschutz, z.B. Autan - Breitspektrum-Antibiotikum - Kopfschmerztabletten, z.B. Aspirin - Schmerztabletten - Nasentropfen, z.B. Endrine - Hustensaft - Persönliche Medikamente On top of this I will take my Nikon D60 with the new wide angle lens, the tripod and a solar cell for the iPhone.

Jogging results - May 2009

Here is a chart of my jogging results of May 2009. If I just ran 5 km than I doubled the time and added 20% on top of the result. The bad result at 20. until 23. May is caused by my aking toe.

Donate money for underprivileged children in Nepal

I decided to use our trip to collect money for poor children in Nepal. We want to donate that money to the "Sunrise Children's Association INC" (www.scai.org.au) SCAI is a young and dynamic charity, established in Australia in July 2005 by three local women with a mission to provide a brighter future to impoverished children and youth in Nepal. It now cares for over seventy children at Sunrise Orphanage in Nepal, who may have otherwise faced a bleak future of starvation, poverty, slavery, trafficking, being forced into armed conflict, or simply end up on the streets of the increasingly crowded Kathmandu. A video of the SCAI is on the right side! Just 20 EUR per month are enough to cover the basic needs of one child. We are happy about every amount you can give. Ralf and I will visit the location of SCAI in Kathmandu and hand over the money personally. Contact me at christian@theisen.net and tell me the amount you would like to donate. I will put you on a donators list.

My pal Ralf

Ok, time to introduce my pal and business partner Ralf. He gave me the trip as a gift to my 38. birthday and he is the one who will take care of me in the Himalaya.

Flight details

Today we received our flight details. We will travel with Gulf Air. Ralf will come from Frankfurt, I will depart from Istanbul. We both have a stop-over in Bahrain. The destination is Kathmandu/Nepal. The details: -> 18.09.2009 - 14.55h - Departure IST - 18.45h - Arraival BAH -> 19.09.2009 - 00.10h - Departure BAH - 07.40h - Arraival KTM <- 10.10.2009 - 19.10h - Departure KTM - 21.25h - Arraival BAH <- 11.10.2009 - 00.05h - Departure BAH - 04.15h - Arraival IST

Photography

Spiegel online has some tipps for shooting photos in the mountains (tnx Ozan): Click here to go to the article I still have to buy some camera equipment for the trip, e.g. a tripod (Stativ), a wide-angle lens (Weitwinkelobjektiv) and some filters. I also want to buy a solar cell to recharge the iPhone.