Piotr Lobodzinski of Poland poses on top of the Messeturm highrise building after winning the ‘Skyrun’ in Frankfurt, June 14. With 1,202 steps to be climbed to an elevation of 222 meters, the Skyrun is the highest towerrunning competition in Europa, according to the organizers.
A photo blog by Frank Rumpenhorst
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Skyrun Winner
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Horn blowing contest
At the German hunting horn championship at Kranichstein castle, some 40 kms (24 mls) south of Frankfurt, June. Some 110 hunting horn groups and 1700 musicians from all over Germany are taking part in this two-day event. -
The traditional Bakery
Richard Kling in his bakehouse at Frankfurt’s Sachsenhausen district where I visited him last night. Kling usually works at least six days a week from midnight until 7.00 am. Traditional bakeries like this one are a dying trade – in 1975 some 300 independent bakeries were registered in Frankfurt. Today, only 18 are left. -
Lynx
A lynx at the Hanau Wildpark, taken June 9. The orginal population of the Eurasian Lynx in Germany was already exterminated in 1850. After being reintroduced in the 1990s the lynx nowadays can be found (or could be – it is mainly a nocturnal hunter and very reclusive) in mountainous areas and national parks. -
Elk Baby
Jule, the newborn elk at Hanau Wildpark (some 30 kms [18mls] east of Frankfurt), explores its spacious enclosure, June 9.
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