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Edgebinder
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
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Location: World Tour
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Back from the mountains...... 
I just came back from Crêt du Midi, above Vercorin in the swiss alps. It was a great festival, I met many people and saw a lot of new things.
They let me take my own pictures!  That was quite a bit of work - they hooked a KAP-Rig into the line of my mate the 69er and I tried to capture my point of view in a photograph.
I had to say goodbye to Albert, who was my travelmate for a long way through europe, and then I went with Petra to Zurich. She will take care of me for the upcoming time, till I know where I want to go next. I heard about many different possibilities - I guess I'll stay in Europe for some more time. 
Bernhard and Petra were also talking about the possibility to bring me to Southafrica in October..... ....going for a ride on a elephant....  ...would be nice, I guess!
I'll take a little nap (this thin air up on 2336 above sea level really makes you tired...) and wait for Petra to come home from work. Than we will have a look at the pictures and show you some of them.
See you later!
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kitefreak
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Joined: 29 May 2006
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Location: holland
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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I enjoyed your staying with me. Maybe we meet again.
Kitefreak. |
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Petra_CH
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
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Location: Zurich - Switzerland
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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@ Albert
was nice to meet you in "real-life".
THX for bringing Mr. Edgebinder to Vercorin !
Petra
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Edgebinder
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
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Location: World Tour
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| kitefreak wrote: | | Maybe we meet again. |
Who knows... - would be nice!
We just sorted the pics out and I'd like to show you a cuple of them.
My -temporarily- last flight with kitefreak. Here I met Petra for the first time, togheter with her boyfriend, Bernhard and Karl-Ulrich.
Here I am - high above the mountains !
The view from the top of the mountain is just incredible!
I met many different kites and their pilots. I had a little chat with a seal....
....and with a frog.
While I was flying next to the frog, it suddenly....
....snatched at a fly! Gosh - I'm really glad I'm not a fly.... 
I saw some weird kites.....
...they were really huge! Just when I wanted to have a closer look, their owner picked them up and jumped off the mountain. 
I met again the fantastic Edo-kites from Albert, which had travelled the whole way from Fanø to Vercorin together with me. I also met the legendary "Lurchi" from Bernhard.
Right on the day one year after his -involuntarily- swim in the North sea, "Lurchi" went for a flight in the alps.
That's me, together with my mate the 69er, doing hard work. There was a lot of wind and it was pretty gusty. Not easy to keep the KAP-Rig stable and make some nice pictures, but.....
...I made it! This is a picture, we took.
At sunday I had the chance to see, what a thunderstorm in the mountains means. Wow....
The evenings were really nice. It's a very special ambiance up there.
Every event ends at some place - so did this one and we had to go down to the valley again.
Now I'm in Zurich, relaxing and waiting for the next adventure to come.
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Pumpkin
Joined: 30 Oct 2006
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Location: Birmingham UK
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for sharing Mr E
Too cool for words, I'm gonna have to get to that festival one year 
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drachenbernhard
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Joined: 29 Oct 2006
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Location: Germany
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pounetbf
Joined: 19 Apr 2008
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Location: France
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Hi Mr E. Petra and everybody
I was also in Vercorin but arrived only middle of the afternoon
I fley my flowform with the pink japanese fish, just the time to break the line and pick up the kite on the terrace of the cafe !
And I was permanently wearing a blue cap.
My next festivals should be
9-10 /08 Buttenhardt
17/08 Fraubrunnen
30-31/08 Brit
Perhaps we could met somewhere so I could take care of you up to Dieppe
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KiteSquid
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Joined: 29 Aug 2003
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Location: USA Virginia King George
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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Edgebinder,
You sure are having a good time over in Europe!!!!!
Thanks for sharing the photos of your travels!!!!!!
BTW be carefull when you go "man-lifting". We dont wnat to see you get hurt!!!!!!!!!
Come and visit me for a while and I will introduce you to some of my friends!!!!!
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Edgebinder
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
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Location: World Tour
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hi @ all !
Petra is at work again - but forgot to switch off her laptop.....
I thought I'd take the chance to expand my photoalbum !
So if anybody wants to see what I saw last weekend, just have a look at my album (click on the www-symbol below).
By the way - for a chronological correct order, you should start with the last picture.
I had to learn today that the upload should be started with the last picture you want to show....
See you later ! 
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sauls0005
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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Location: Hamburg, Germany
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
yes it was wonderfull to fly between the montains!
we arrived this Year Vercorin by ferry, car and train ...
I break only five kites because the wind is not easy
Some mor pictures on my Hp under: kitefestival08
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