{"id":8340,"date":"2024-10-01T16:15:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/?p=8340"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:28:59","slug":"testimonial-johannes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/en\/testimonial-johannes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;So much more is possible than you would normally assume.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8340\" class=\"elementor elementor-8340 elementor-8339\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdb0596 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"cdb0596\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c38d3e4\" data-id=\"c38d3e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b73cee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b73cee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.19-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8367\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.19-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.19-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.19-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.19.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e77eb97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e77eb97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Our first encounter with Johannes was at one of our info video calls about ALPIN8.<br \/>\nHe took part in January, asked a few questions and then said goodbye quite quickly with the words &#8220;I&#8217;m signing up straight away, bye everyone!&#8221;<br \/>\nLess than half an hour later, we actually received his registration.<br \/>\nIt was clear to Johannes: he was just going to do it.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t hesitate and think about it, just go for it.    <\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ea8f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0ea8f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that&#8217;s exactly how he approached his preparation.\nOr not &#8211; because Johannes didn&#8217;t prepare for his Everesting with ALPIN8 at all.\nHe only ran up the Wendelstein twice.\nNo stair climbing in the gym, no extended mountain hikes, no morning jogs or long night hikes.\nTrue to the motto: I&#8217;m just going to do it now.    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><b>I&#8217;ll just take my chances.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johannes works in the construction industry and is on his feet a lot.\nHis everyday working life is varied and he is always on the move.\nOn vacation, he is always out and about on long-distance hiking trails and generally enjoys going into the mountains.\nAccordingly, he assumed that his basic fitness level would be sufficient.\nIn fact, he was explicitly curious to see whether he could manage an Everesting without any special training and made a conscious decision not to do any extra training.\nJohannes wanted to know how far his body could go without training: &#8220;I&#8217;ll just give it a go.&#8221;     <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99e56ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99e56ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.15-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8345\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.15-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.15-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.15-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.15.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40fc35e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40fc35e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decisive factor for Johannes was that an organized event like ALPIN8 offers a safe environment.\nA setting in which he can push himself to his absolute limits and know that he is not alone.\n&#8220;Of course, I could just do it for myself in the mountains. But then I&#8217;d end up lying somewhere and nobody would know where I was.&#8221;\nThe safety aspect was the decisive factor for Johannes when he signed up for ALPIN8.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Johannes sits in his hotel room the evening before the start and reads through all of our documents and emails, he slowly realizes what he has let himself in for.\n&#8220;I was getting a bit nervous. Maybe I was a bit na\u00efve signing up after all.&#8221;\nBut it doesn&#8217;t help.\n&#8220;Anyway, I&#8217;m here now, I&#8217;m going to do it,&#8221; he says to himself and is at the start at 05:00 a.m. the next day.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>He is usually overtaken.\nBut that doesn&#8217;t bother him. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johannes goes at his own pace right from the start.\nSlow, steady and leisurely.\n&#8220;I&#8217;m a mule, I walk slowly,&#8221; he says about himself.\nNot a bad strategy when Everesting &#8211; because 8848 meters of altitude are damn long.\nIf you go too fast too soon, you might not make it.\nHe thinks to himself: &#8220;I have to save my energy.&#8221;     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the time he was overtaken, and some of the other participants overtook him two or three times during the event.\nBut that didn&#8217;t bother him; he wasn&#8217;t interested in the sport, but in the experience itself.\nIt&#8217;s about how his body and mind react to the challenge, how he deals with it, how he perceives his surroundings and what he sees, hears and smells on his way through nature.\nJohannes comments on the onset of rain: &#8220;That was great. Nature smells completely different then.&#8221;     <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b614a61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b614a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.18-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8365\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.18-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.18-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.18-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.18.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a091b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a091b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What&#8217;s more, contrary to all expectations, the rain is a real motivational boost for him.\n&#8220;Now more than ever!&#8221; was Johannes&#8217; first thought.\nThe rain changes the character, the drama, of the event.\nIt made the challenge of 8848 meters of altitude even more difficult.\n&#8220;I wanted to prove to myself that I could handle it!&#8221;      <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Close to running sore<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johannes runs three laps in the pouring rain.\nHe really enjoys the change in the weather.\nBut at around 9:30 pm, he meets another participant in the gondola who has chafed his skin with his damp clothes and is in great pain with every step.\nHe gives him his jar of Kaufmann&#8217;s children&#8217;s cream because he knows he has more in the car and uses the situation as an opportunity to feel inside himself.\n&#8220;That&#8217;s when I realized that I was also close to getting sore.&#8221;\nHe decides to take a break, drives to his hotel by car, takes a hot shower, sleeps for a few hours and is back at the valley station of the Pal\u00fcdbahn at 05:00 on Sunday morning in fresh, dry clothes, ready for the next ascent.       <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa58651 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa58651\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-4-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8359\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-4-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-4-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-4-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-4.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ed6b2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ed6b2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Johannes, the forest path on the night route works better than the narrow path through the forest that was intended for daytime. Due to the wet weather, both routes are open and he usually opts for the more boring and monotonous, but also easier forest path. &#8220;I need my steady pace.&#8221; This strategy works well for him and he never once has the feeling that he can&#8217;t go any further.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;There really could have been more!&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the finish line, however, he abandons his steady pace and sprints through the avenue of flags in jubilation.\nFinish line reached: 8848 meters in altitude.\nWithout any training and without any major physical problems.\n&#8220;I had sore muscles the next day, but on the whole I was fine!&#8221;\nHe also had the overwhelming realization that he could have done even more.\n&#8220;I could have made another ascent, maybe even two. I really could have done it!&#8221;     <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd24bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd24bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-2-683x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8355\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-2-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-2-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-2-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.17-2.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc9bab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc9bab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Especially during the first two weeks after the event, Johannes often thinks back to the experience.<br \/>\nIn certain everyday situations, he suddenly has a completely different perspective.<br \/>\n&#8220;It was very impressive. I&#8217;m still learning what I can take from this experience.&#8221;<br \/>\nBut even now, just a few weeks after his success, Johannes knows: &#8220;So much more is possible than you would normally assume.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe also tells this to his friends &#8211; and slowly the initial lack of understanding gives way to the thought that perhaps he could do something like this himself.    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><b>A really cool event!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">&#8220;The event was just really cool. Really, really strong!&#8221; is Johannes&#8217; final conclusion.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s only one thing he&#8217;s not quite sure about: &#8220;How do you deal with a day hike of 1,300 meters in altitude when you know that you&#8217;ve already run 9,000 meters in 34 hours?&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df3fd52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df3fd52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.18-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8361\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.18-1.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.18-1-300x297.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82185a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"82185a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.16-2-683x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8349\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.16-2-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.16-2-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.16-2-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.alpin8.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johannes-2024-08-09-at-21.50.16-2.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3088472 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"3088472\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b68eaf\" data-id=\"2b68eaf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3dabb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3dabb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><b>Text<\/b>: Saskia Bauer<br \/><b>Images<\/b>: Marius Holler, Sportograf, private<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first encounter with Johannes was at one of our info video calls about ALPIN8. He took part in January, asked a few questions and then said goodbye quite quickly with the words &#8220;I&#8217;m signing up straight away, bye everyone!&#8221; Less than half an hour later, we actually received his registration. It was clear to Johannes: he was just going to do it. Don&#8217;t hesitate and think about it, just go for it. And that&#8217;s exactly how he approached his preparation. Or not &#8211; because Johannes didn&#8217;t prepare for his Everesting with ALPIN8 at all. He only ran up the Wendelstein twice. No stair climbing in the gym, no extended mountain hikes, no morning jogs or long night hikes. True to the motto: I&#8217;m just going to do it now. &#8220;I&#8217;ll just take my chances.&#8221; Johannes works in the construction industry and is on his feet a lot. His everyday working life is varied and he is always on the move. On vacation, he is always out and about on long-distance hiking trails and generally enjoys going into the mountains. Accordingly, he assumed that his basic fitness level would be sufficient. In fact, he was explicitly curious to see whether he could manage an Everesting without any special training and made a conscious decision not to do any extra training. Johannes wanted to know how far his body could go without training: &#8220;I&#8217;ll just give it a go.&#8221; The decisive factor for Johannes was that an organized event like ALPIN8 offers a safe environment. A setting in which he can push himself to his absolute limits and know that he is not alone. &#8220;Of course, I could just do it for myself in the mountains. But then I&#8217;d end up lying somewhere and nobody would know where I was.&#8221; The safety aspect was the decisive factor for Johannes when he signed up for ALPIN8. As Johannes sits in his hotel room the evening before the start and reads through all of our documents and emails, he slowly realizes what he has let himself in for. &#8220;I was getting a bit nervous. Maybe I was a bit na\u00efve signing up after all.&#8221; But it doesn&#8217;t help. &#8220;Anyway, I&#8217;m here now, I&#8217;m going to do it,&#8221; he says to himself and is at the start at 05:00 a.m. the next day. He is usually overtaken. But that doesn&#8217;t bother him. Johannes goes at his own pace right from the start. Slow, steady and leisurely. &#8220;I&#8217;m a mule, I walk slowly,&#8221; he says about himself. Not a bad strategy when Everesting &#8211; because 8848 meters of altitude are damn long. If you go too fast too soon, you might not make it. He thinks to himself: &#8220;I have to save my energy.&#8221; Most of the time he was overtaken, and some of the other participants overtook him two or three times during the event. But that didn&#8217;t bother him; he wasn&#8217;t interested in the sport, but in the experience itself. 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