JAKOB LAMPRECHT

JAKOB

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WHO THE HELL IS JAKOB?

If I would describe now myself, it would probably be the portrait which is the furthes away from reality. I would present you a handsome, patient, organized guy who is always well-behaving and who never does crazy things. But to be more realistic and to give those people, who do not know me already, approximately correct information, I asked others to describe me in a few sentences.

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SILVA LAMPRECHT (mother):

Nobody on this earth knows Jakob for such a long time as I do, because, I´m his mum. As he made himself remarkable in my body, I was shortly crying. But not out of happiness. There was shortly my doubt, that I´m ready for getting the second baby, since his brother Peter wasn´t even two years old. But my new baby „said“ with his small kicking legs „Hello, I´m here, the new world inhabitant, coming to conquest this planet on my very own way!“ An that´s exactly what he has been doing since then, already for 24 years. On his very own way!!!! He has an unbreakable intention to reach the next aim, he is courageous, somethimes stubburn, very ambitious exactly how it suits to sign of the zodiac-Taurus. For sure, Jakob is also very hearty and passionate personality. And he is not afraid of showing his emotions.

As to his journey: If I was asked about beeing scared and worried because of his new adventure I had to say: „NO, not really!“ I try to trust instead of. I trust, that Jakob will do his best. I trust, that God/Godness will bless his way and I pray to the angels to be with him. And I thank all those people, who will support him . And I´m already looking forward to listen to all the stories he will share with us at home, when he is coming back!

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MARTINA SCHEFFER (friend):

What can I tell you about him? Well, you just have to keep in mind that he is cycling through Africa. That simply leads to one conclusion: he must be a little bit crazy. And to be honest, he is! But crazy in a positive and tolerable way. The craziness is joined by happiness, open-mindedness, determination and thirst for adventure. You see, the perfect mixture for such a project.
So if you are somewhere in Africa and you see a guy on a fully loaded bicycle to whom these description fits – don’t be afraid, he normally doesn’t bite. He is rather quite pleasant. Try to get him with some chocolate, engage him into a conversation and you will see, he even has a lot to talk about. I wish you that you meet him somewhere out there in the wilderness. His species is unique and rare.
Jakob, I hope you agree on that description. I wish you an exciting journey, a lot of amazing experiences and many nice people you meet out there. And I hope we get you back safe when you feel like coming home. You are always warmly welcome back.

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WHY EXACTLY ON TWO WHEELS AND WITHOUT AN ENGINE?

Some people travel with the car, some people prefer the bus, some do interail and some others again are simply walking. I tried out many ways of traveling but somehow I came back to cycling. Actually its not so so strange. But before you call me crazy, you should know some insider information. Actually it’s in my genes. My father already started to go on far cycling adventures when he was a teenager. It was also on one of his bicycle trips when he got to know my mother in Croatia. From then on they traveled together, often on two wheels. And since we kids were born we were allowed to join their adventures. First on the back seats, then on our mini-bicycles and later with our self-bought bicycles. Nowadays it became normal for me to cycle: I cycled every day to my university, 5 years long, no mather if there was rain or snow. I went to visit my grandparents in Slowenia more often by bicycle than by train. I cycled from Austria to Georgia. …. And all this experiences let me realize that the bicycle is the perfect mode of transport: it is fast enough to reach far countries and at the same time it’s slowly enough to get to know those countries more intensively than any other way (except walking). It gives you freedom of action and satisfaction through exercise. You might call me freaky, but you will never know what I’m talking about unless you did not try.
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ABOUT

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WHAT IS THIS BLOG ABOUT?

Hello my friends! My name is JAKOB LAMPRECHT and obviously you found my blog =D So this website is for those who are interested about what is going on in my next 1,5 years. Up to now my life was kind of normal: growing up in a small town in Austria, going to school, doing some summer jobs to earn some money, safe that money and use it for traveling. Then I finished school, joined the army for one year (6 mo. compulsory) and started to study architecture. Now 24 years passed and I had to make a decisions: either start working which would have meant entering the „serious“ life, OR take the chance of being young and unattached to do something completely different. I decided to do the latter.
When I started to become serious about taking the chance, I bumped into a social project which is organized by local people from Lienz, my home town. The project is about building a small small hospital in South Sudan which sounded perfect to me. So I made my decision: I want to go to AFRICA. Soon everything was arranged and even the flight was booked. The plan was to join the project for 2-3 months and then continue with the bicycle towards South Africa. Unfortunately the project got recently stopped because of a violent conflict which forced me to change my plans.
I don’t want to wait, so I simply start cycling, I simply start the trip of my life. Or should I rather say: the trip which is going to change my life! I don’t know, I don’t know where I’ll be going in this 1,5 years, which places I will see! I don’t know what is going to happen! But therefor I made this blog! To share some upcoming adventures with you!

So I hope to meet you safe again, either at home or on the way. Feel free to join and send me some luck!

Yours Jakob