Salut,

This is probably the question I get asked most: How do you plan your crossings? I’m very happy that people ask this because I think it’s a great exercise: try to come up with your own universal definition of something that feels intuitive. Most people will begin with: “Well maybe cross it across the width of the lake”. Of course that makes sense for a nice rectagular lake, but try to apply it to the Vierwaldstättersee… it doesn’t really much sense anymore, does it? So really: try to come up with your own definition and then apply it to different lakes, does it work well? If it’s missing to this post, send it to me and I’ll add it. ...

Along the way, I went by some lakes, too small to be part of the list, but still worth crossing as they might get promoted by the disqualification of otherlakes. Heidsee

Wohlensee 11th of October 2025, 33% Moossee 11th of October 2025, 32% ...

Lungerersee 21st of April 2025, 1%. This marks the official start of the lake crossing challenge! Thanks to my mom and my younger brother Paul for accompanying me on this first crossing. I will hopefully come up with a structure over time how I write these blogposts, but here are couple facts about this crossing: Lungerersee It has three different orthographies: Lungerersee, Lungernsee and Lungerensee. That’s German for you. ...