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Packrafting the Sok River - Thailand

General Information The Sok River in Thailand is leading through the southern part of the Khao Sok Nationalpark located roughly 200 km north of Phuket. The nationalpark itself is an artificial one ...

Packrafting the Phang Nga Bay - Phuket - Thailand

The Phang Nga Bay close to Phuket, Thailand, is primarily known for its tourist hotspots such as the James Bond Island where thousands of visitors hop on and off each year. However, there is much m...

Dayhiking the Hohentwiel Fortress Ruins

The ruins of Fortress Hohentwiel, located in the south of Germany, are definitively worth a visit. You can easily spend several hours hiking up the hill and explore the complete area while reading ...

Infosec Reading List - November 2017

On a monthly basis I will publish my reading recommendations which mainly focus on Information Security (InfoSec) and Outdoor Sports. All InfoSec Reading Lists can be found here. Quotes from the T...

Setting Up a Pentesting Environment based on Qubes OS - Step by Step (Updated 2022)

Qubes OS is a hypervisor based operating system. Qubes OS can host various operating systems such as Linux, Unix or Windows and run them in parallel. Qubes OS can therefore be used to host your ...

Technical Setup for Long Distance Desert Hikes

Introduction One of the bad habits of the 21st century is to drag electronic devices wherever we go - I’m not different here and I would hardly go to the desert without any technical device. Some o...

Infosec Reading List - October 2017

On a monthly basis I will publish my reading recommendations which mainly focus on Information Security (InfoSec) and Outdoor Sports. All InfoSec Reading Lists can be found here. Quotes from the T...

Hiking the Ostkustleden

A couple of years ago I hiked parts of the Ostkustleden with some friends around Eastern. It’s a beautiful, easy and very relaxed trail leading you through the nature of southern Sweden. The lengt...

May all the Winds be with you - Heading back to the Puna de Atacama

There are essentially only two drugs that Western civilization tolerates: Caffeine from Monday to Friday to energize you enough to make you a productive member of society, and alcohol from Frida...

New Zealand - 3 Weeks on the Te Araroa Trail

Back in 2013, I joined for one month a couple of friends hiking the Te Araroa Trail southbound. We met close to the trail head of the Whanganui River where you basically need to rent canoes in orde...