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KEEN - perfect shoes for outdoor activities

Who has not yet bought sandals one summer and the following summer they were already no longer usable. Rusted buckles, worn-out profile, rotten leather - if it was indeed leather. ... So in a few years you come quickly to a remarkable sum for buying constantly new sandals. - If they were at least comfortable in the beginning ...

However, we prefer to invest in quality!

There are also sandals in the form of cheaper flip-flops, and "on the other foot" there are true sandals which are pleasurable on any terrain. By far the best are the KEEN.

KEEN Newport sandals.

Truly rugged outdoor sandals with toe protection made of rubber. Adjustable quickly by an elastic band, grippy sole, compact, good fit and even salt water resistant! The shoe is very stable and offers optimum traction and control. The slightly wider NEWPORT offers unmatched stability and the outsole provides flexibility.

From the beginning they were very comfortable. Even after several years they were still reliable like on the first day. Only after hundreds of kilometers with heavy luggage one pair lost quite a bit of its profile. - Just in time came new sponsored equipment from KEEN for our CEO and our 14 best working helpers.

Our reports are nevertheless genuine. As we only take just really good products, testing them up to the extreme and are not afraid to name their weaknesses.

To the Newport:

As mentioned before, the sandals are comfortable to wear, in addition, they are so well impregnated that you can go with them into the sea without any problems, for example on beaches with sharp rocks or sea urchins. Unlike with our old hiking boots a second impregnation has never been necessary. We wore the boots also when it rained, but not *under* (salt) water! So the Newport is the stronger one.

Not only under water, even in rugged terrain and on the rocks the KEEN sandals are excellent. Especially the toe protection, a slightly elastic, but also surprisingly stable rubber cap has saved us several times from serious injuries. It didn't even hurt when our donkey Hercules once accidentally stepped on a foot. Without the toe protection it would have been quite painful!

Flip flops - no go with donkeys.

Flip-flops are an absolute NO-GO - at least when there are donkey hooves around.

KEEN sandals - going also with donkeys.

With KEEN sandals however it's going safely, even with donkeys.

Our conclusion: we do not want to miss our KEEN sandals.

Even before the sponsorship for us they were worth the money!

Incidentally, there are also good cycling shoes, running shoes, hiking and trekking shoes and boots from Keen.

We received a pair of the "Gypsum mid" to test them or rather go hiking with them - An incredibly light and very comfortable waterproof hiking boot. The lightest hiking boots we've ever had in our hands or worn on our feet! Lighter than many shoes! It's not only comfortable to wear (and to carry as a backpacker), but looks good too:

Even after hundreds of miles the hiking boots are great!

Click here for the Gypsum mid.

Three short videos about the shoes:

The newport, first presented by KEEN, father & son:

...then from another independent adventurer...

and here the Gypsum:

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Last but not least two videos about the social projects with KEEN

A very short impression of the annual KEEN Vail Kids Adventure Race:

It will offer kids the opportunity to experience the thrill of adventure racing through the surrounding wilderness. During the race, teams of two will work together to navigate a variety of sports and and problem-solving challenges, including mountain biking, hiking, tubing, archery, a low ropes course, a zip line, a climbing wall, a Tarzan swing, a giant slip-n-slide and more.

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And a longer one from the Nepali Womens Kayak Expedition

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...There are a lot of more good actions around thanks to the KEEN Effect !

At this point, once again a big thank you KEEN from the Eco Adventure team.

More photos, videos and news of our Action & Adventure Tours in Sicily are following soon.

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Go to our sponsors, the best outdoor outfitters.

Go to our offers, and the eco-adventure-team.

...or shut down the pc and go outdoors! :-)

Normal mobile phones are way too delicate for us. Especially nowadays where there is more and more crap around. You buy a new phone, it falls down and there's a crack on the display. You are surprised by a thunderstorm and the surprise is complete when you want to check your messages and the only news is: It's over. Game Over.

With some more credit you can get a new one and the whole game starts again. Or you go for the SONIM and SONIM will go with you - for life.

SONIM S1

Dirt, water, dust, sand, rain, heat, cold, drops, shocks - whatever life dishes out the SONIM can handle.

Independent tests have shown that it resists not only treatments with a baseball bat or being run over by a dredger, but it can even be washed in a washing machine or cooked with noodles.

The military standard IP-68 says, it survives also sandstorms and salt water. It is completely immune to dust, chemicals and liquids and it can be dropped on solid ground out of several meters of height.

This rugged outdoor mobile phone survives temperatures of -20 ° C to +55 ° C, resists pressure of 400 KG and the battery lasts up to 1500 hours standby or 18 hours of calling!

In one test (video out in the internet) they even shot at it with a gun and it still worked! Of course that was a "lucky shot".

So the SONIM is definitely the toughest phone in the world!

That's why it's also in the Guinnes Book of Records.

Our Outdoor Test:

We have used it over three years in the sicilian jungle, it has fallen down plenty of times, survived loads of dust, mud and water during pioneer work - while the strong radio entertained us as well. The radio is not only for fun, it can be very useful for weather forecasts too. When the weather was fine we used it also on the sunny beach in Sicily - and took some photos, over and under the water surface. After work and free time on the beach, the bright LED light has always been very useful at night.

Our used SONIM.

...to be continued...

Photos and videos of our adventure yourneys are following.

See here the official SONIM Video:

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Go to our offers, and the eco-adventure-team.

...or shut down the pc and go outdoors! :-)

MYNAV - professional outdoor navigator

In the past we relied on our natural sense of orientation. But for the crazy adventure tour though europe with an heavy handmade bike caravan we wanted to use modern navigation technologies. Cause we are most of the time not on asphalted roads, we looked for a real outdoor GPS. We found a good one, the MYNAV 600 professional.

As the first outdoor navigation system the MYNAV offers automatic routing not only for streets and asphalt roads but even for all the other trails, like hiking trails, dirt roads and climbing routes. The adventure traveller will be guided by optic and acoustic signals. Never lost thanks to the MYNAV 600 professional.

Soon more informations about our tests.

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Go to our offers, and the eco-adventure-team.

...or shut down the pc and go outdoors! :-)

GO PRO - be a HERO

How often have you started some great actions, and wanted to show them to your friends - but didn't carry a camera? Good HD video cameras normally are heavy and fragile. Now there is a solution: Go Pro with the HERO! Go Pro says the HERO is the world's most versatile camera, and that's true.

The HERO is small and really very impressive! You can catch your action in best HD quality.

+ skydiving

+ bungee jumping

+ snow boarding

+ skating

+ on your bike, on your tours...

Wear it. Mount it. Love it!

The HERO is a camera that is comfortable with dusty trails, burning asphalt, in the snow and under water. And the HERO is not only the toughest one, thanks to the intelligent electronics, the high-performance video sensors also master complex exposure situations and rapid changes.

We used the HERO on our crazy adventure tour, with a handmade "bike caravan" from Germany to Sicily. In the five weeks it was always easy to mount it on helmet, bike, saddle or caravan. On the way the Go Pro provided us with best HD recordings. Really astonishing for the size of the HERO! Only the sound was a little bit to soft, cause of the case - which makes it shock and waterproof on the other side. - We tested the camera then also in Sicily, diving into the water. - We were not disappointed by the Go Pro - a real reliable HERO!

Be a HERO - GO PRO!

More impressive than a thousand words are this videos:

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Go to our offers, and the eco-adventure-team.

...or shut down the pc and go outdoors! :-)

ASSOS - very functional bike clothing

Christian, our CEO, who toured from Munich to Sicily by bike was the years before also always on saddle in the city. But he had never used special bike wear. On the crazy adventure tour with our heavy handmade bike caravan he wanted to save his behind where he can. Furthermore he didn't want to sweat unnecessarily pulling 440 pounds only with muscle power over Alps & Apennines and the other hills on the 1500 miles long tour. So the ASSOS sponsoring offer came right in time. Thanks for the great bike clothing (several function-shirts with a zipper, specially padded bike trousers and other body insulators) in worth of more than 1000 Euro - a lot of money, if you buy it, but your behind is it worth. :-) Five weeks the function clothes were used up to the limits - the limits of Christian. The ASSOS bike wear convinced on every single mile.

Christian with ASSOS bike clothing and our crazy bike-trailer in front of the Pisa Tower.

Soon more about the tour with our crazy bike-trailer and ASOSS bike clothing.

Before that you can see emotional pictures of Assos itself:

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Go to our sponsors, the best outdoor outfitters.

Go to our offers, and the eco-adventure-team.

...or shut down the pc and go outdoors! :-)

Adventure is a path...

Explore. Dream. Discover!

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - By Mark Twain.

the world is a open book

The world is a book, and those who not travel read only a page.

We work only with Professionals. Here we want to thank our Sponsors for Great Products, their Social Competency and Good Performance.

PLAYTIME IS BACK!

Get outside! Take back your Playtime!

KEEN - Best Outdoor-Shoes worldwide!

Go to our product test.

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GO PRO - BE A HERO!

Go professional - GO PRO!

GoPro - HD-Camera for Extreme-Action!

We've tested the HERO on our tours.

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mynav - Outdoor-GPS

MYNAV - Street and Outdoor Navigators.

Our test: 1500 miles through Europe

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ThinkPads, top-class notebooks...

lightweight, powerful & extremely tough

perfect for business & adventure travellers

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SONIM, BUILT FOR LIFE

SONIM - The world's Toghest Phones !

Three years in the sicilian jungle:

Our SONIM product test.

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Outdoor Smartphones

IP68 RugGear-Smartphones,

world´s most rugged smartphones

- it´s really smart - but dies hard. :-)

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Robust outdoor solar crank lamps
Lanterns, emergency lights and more.

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ASSOS - Bike Clothing

ASSOS - Very functional Bike-Clothing.

Tested by bike over the Alps & Apennines.

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The world's best Knifes and Tools.

And a very ethical company!

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Best saddles *Handmade in Germany*

Done: A trail of 6000 km across the U.S.

Now: European tour with donkey Hercules.

Then around the whole world by horse.

More about the journeys.

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Sieltec - powerful & ultralight Harnesses

almost maintenance-free & self-cleaning

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...We also travel with:

Best Explorer Hammocks - ultralight.

So we sleep very well under the star sky,

mosquitos cannot bite through the net.

When it rains the tarp protects us too.

=> The detailed hammock test.

Even in the web we travel ecologically

thanks to GREENHOST !

Eco Print from "DieUmweltdruckerei"

- Simply. Sustainable.

And when the sun is shining, we say:

YES, WE REALLY CAN DO IT !

Scientific American is an science magazine. It is notable for its long history of presenting scientific information, through its careful attention to the clarity of its text as well as the quality of its specially commissioned colour graphics.

Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein, have contributed articles in the past 168 years. It is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States.

In this article you can read about the possibility to live only with wind water and solar power. - Let's do it!

The Eco Adventure Hill you'll find in the middle of the greenest nature area of the sunny island - on the north side of Sicily - directly in the front of the *Aeolian Islands*.

The most common point of view below our Adventure Hil is *Tindari*, a very famous sanctuary. Underneath in Locanda there is one of the best locals, called "Pane e Vino", with all the cheese and sausages of the region, delicious barbecues and good house wines as well as weekly Sicilian live music.

From there a few hundred meters up you come to the small mountain village *Scala di Patti* with picturesque landscape - and just above there is our wild land, which you enter in the *Contrada Lupa* (the way of the wolves)...

Direct link to the Adventure Hill on Google Maps.

More details how to arrive to the eco adventure base camp.

After some international inquiries from television companies, which we rejected because we wont sell our souls for some crap, two serious and professional filmmakers with good portfolios recently approached us. We will see what comes out. - And you can see as well. :-) Even better, you can be part of it!

Before we present our own videos, initially on our YouTube channel and later on our environmentally friendly Eco-Server.

Until then, a few articles from journalists who reported on our social work:

The latest was well written from Claudia Pessina in Palermo, Sicily, 2022...

(It's in Italian as well English.)