It was a challenge. A though challenge, even after having trained before - 42 km by foot, wandering through the night and simulating a jetlag afterwards: Fighting your inner self is always a battle but going over the finishing line at 05:15 am on a Sunday morning was a divine experience that must be repeated!

Thanks to the team of the Mammutmarsch for organizing this great and professional event that helped me to learn some new aspects of myself and taught me that even if the body gets tired, the will keeps you going. Always!

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Walking in the night reveals wonderful sights of sites that mostly don't meet the standards at daylight - yet another lovely stage on my 42 km-tour throughout the Ruhr Area! 🖤

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Art is everywhere - and even decorates the old pithead buildings that used to shape the scenery we know from the whole Ruhr Area. And despite most houses look rather old, there is place for decent art everywhere, putting great images in urban landscapes.

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The Ruhr Area isn't the most beautiful area in Germany but it was made of coal and with lots of emotions. For someone who was born in the "Ruhrpott", people say "You can get the boy out of the area but never the area out of the boy" - and this is what I feel each time I return. 🖤

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Heading on the "Nachtmammut" this August, my howntown #Bottrop was next and another iconic landmark of the Ruhr Area there is the #Tetraeder. Although having lost most of its lighting over the years (repair, anyone), this emblem rules over my hometown where may grandparents (may they rest in peace!) used to live. Venturing this area was quite emotional for me as it turned out to be a - somehow - "Goodbye" to the town where I was born.

Read more about this place (in German) at https://www.bottrop.de/freizeit-tourismus/sehenswert/Tetraeder.php!

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When I decided to go on the #Nachtmammut over a distance of 42 km by night, the first stage after the start in #Duisburg was #Oberhausen where the "Gasometer" is a well-known and iconic landmark. Located directly beside of my hometown of #Bottrop, I spent a lot of time in the "Neue Mitte" Oberhausen where this construction is located.

Read more about this place which also hosts lots of interesting exhibitions on https://www.gasometer.de/en

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I was never THAT homegrown like I should but you simply can’t deny where you are coming from. After moving away from this area while parts of my family still reside there, coming back is always like coming back to the area that shaped you. The people here wear one's heart on one's sleeve and even if this area has changed so much from the 80’s, the special flair is always present.

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German artists Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth created this place out of zinc and steel left over from local mining operations and its main purpose is to exist as an unusual venue to view the gorgeous German countryside around it.

While a little disappointing that physics don’t allow for passage around the loop, you can still work off that amusement park lunch at the speed of a turtle on a structure that represents the speed of a tiger.

With 249 steps making up the walkway and LED lights so that the climb can be appreciated after dark, this twisted metal track offers a great view during day or night.

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German artists Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth created this place out of zinc and steel left over from local mining operations and its main purpose is to exist as an unusual venue to view the gorgeous German countryside around it.

While a little disappointing that physics don’t allow for passage around the loop, you can still work off that amusement park lunch at the speed of a turtle on a structure that represents the speed of a tiger.

With 249 steps making up the walkway and LED lights so that the climb can be appreciated after dark, this twisted metal track offers a great view during day or night.

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What better image can be chosen for this new #vernissage-instance named "Wandering Pixels" than the picture of my backpag decorated by my youngest daughter while I was playing around with camera and drone?

While I am still trying to get the posts from my old instance/account https://photos.skumring.com/@oliver to this one somehow, I thought that this picture perfectly catches my striving for wandering, exploring and being one with nature and trying to see as much from this world as possible - and yes, there's still not enough time to see all those wonderful things.

Feel free to (re-) follow me and my showcase of my traces througout this wonderful planet we're - unfortunately - constantly ruining!

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