- Grossglockner-Bike-Challenge Heiligenblut/Austria, at the finish on top of the Franz-Josephs-Höhe 2369 m, with the Grossglockner behind me.
- Powerman Zofingen/Switzerland, Long Distance Duathlon World Championships with a 150 km 3600 m altitude gaining bike-split, running 30 k afterwards: look at my old-school, 15 years old Aluminium Bianchi bike, the oldest bike in the grid!
- No Aerobar or drop-shaped helmet… Only myself is older.
- Biel 100 km (ok this was a run, not a bike event)
- Eigertrail E101, 101 km 6500 m altitude gaining non-stop, with the Eiger north face behind me.
- Irontrail Davos/Switzerland, the most difficult ever ultraevent in my life – Trailrunning 217 km, 11.000 m overall altitude gaining, non-stop, 18th place – pictures shows Maloja-Pass near St. Moritz at km 92 after a bitter-cold night run at the dawn of a new morning and rising temperatures