WROTE A BOOKLET ABOUT MY TGOC EXPERIENCES … and what you can learn from it as Start-Up Entrepreneur and Innovation Generation Enthusiast

Apparently, crossing Scotland on foot in your end 50s / early 60s with a backpack, a tent, questionable weather decisions, and occasional snowstorms is not considered a midlife crisis if you call it an “INNOVATION LAB.” 😄

Here from a posting on LINKEDIN:

Since 2022, most May’s I have walked solo from Scotland’s Atlantic coast to the North Sea coast as part of the legendary TGOC – The Great Outdoor Challenge #TGOC26.
That means:
⭕ 30–35 km per day requiring about
⭕ 8–11 hours of walking
⭕ Bog. More bog. Endless bog. (you may not know what Bog is … check it!)
⭕ Carrying everything on my back
⭕ Sleeping most nights in a tent
⭕ Sunshine, rain, hail, snow… sometimes all within one hour
⭕ And regularly asking myself: “Whose brilliant idea was this again?”

The surprising part? These long SOLO crossings have become some of my best #innovationgenerators.
Every walk has produced new ideas, new ventures, new perspectives, and valuable lessons about:
✅ resilience
✅ decision-making under uncertainty
✅ entrepreneurship
✅ leadership
✅ simplicity
✅ physical & mental endurance
✅ and how ambitious things only happen one step at a time

So I turned these experiences into a new booklet: “INNOVATION GENERATION ON TWO FEET — Four solo crossings of Scotland coast-to-coast — and what they taught me about health, resilience, and doing ambitious things.“

The booklet includes:
📸 35 photos from the crossings
🗺️ route details
🎒 my packing list
🧠 personal learnings
🚀 direct lessons for START-UP entrepreneurs and innovators

Working in HEALTHSPAN technologies, I increasingly believe that one of the best investments in #healthylongevity is this:
👉 Do something that challenges you and gives you joy. That is JOYSPAN.

And yes — after several hundred kilometers of Scottish wilderness, wet socks, and tent life, I somehow return home feeling younger, stronger, and full of new ideas. Maybe (likely) real innovation does not happen in meeting rooms.
Maybe sometimes it starts somewhere in the ScotishHighlands… while trying to keep your boots dry. 😄