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Riversondered to Bot River to Cape Town Day 9 & 10  – Contemplation and windOn day 9 Brigit cycled 71 km with 740m ascent from Riversonderend to Bot River – it was a beautiful day, calm and great for contemplation for the first time, with some gushes of wind towards the end of the day.Just […]

Riversdale to Swellendam to Riversondered Day 7 & 8  – Two calm days lovely landscapesOn day 7 Brigit cycled 73 km with 675m ascent from Riversdale to Buffelsragsrivier – which likely means the hunting grounds for buffalos.There she was met by Johan from the Swellendam who brought her to her guesthouse and later took her

mossel Bay and (half way) to Riversdale Day 6  – Short, sweet and relaxedToday was a short, sweet and relaxed day for Brigit thanks to a couple of beekeepers who stopped when she was slowly trying to make her way up a long hill and said, “today is Sunday, we want to give you a

Wilderness to mossel Bay Day 5 – A day of relaxed pedlingAfter a wake-up uphill from Wilderness along a beautiful coastline to George and through a fun township with kids playing on the streets, joking around with her, she ended up in the town centre which reminded her of a wild west scene. There at

Plettenberg Bay to Wilderness Day 4 – the hottest day so farEven getting up it felt hot. And there were some steep hills to climb with no shade on the way.So, Brigit had to take a few longer rests and she also ended up having to cycle half an hour in the dark.It was also

Tsitsikamma wolf Sanctuary to Plettenberg Bay Day 3 is always the hardestWhenever we start into a long distance bike challenge, day 3 is the hardest. The same applies to education. First we are excited about learning new things, but then repetition creeps in, the hard process of learning, revising, repeating, the frustration of having forgotten

Jeffreys bay to Tsitsikamma wolf Sanctuary Happy Women’s Day! While in the morning Brigit was met with an ever so slight bit of rain, the day quickly cleared up and it proved to be a most beautiful day, with little wind, some up and some downhills through farm areas with large herds of cows.  The

Port Elizabeth to Jeffrey’s bay At empowermefirst we believe in never giving up – defining goals and applying knowledge to find solutions that work for us, even if it’s not how it’s always been done, is our way to slow, but study success. We are hands-on. And so is founder Brigit, who is currently cycling the

preparing for Garden route Bike challenge At empowermefirst we believe in the values of life long learning through challenges. As a leader founder Brigit Koch is setting an example by challenging herself to cycle from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town (a bit over 800 km) in 10 days.As she tried to assemble her bike today,

Victory tour – 82 km, 625m ascent, lovely day–> raised CHF 820.- still counting, please continue donating Victory tour – Meeting volunteers and sponsors! 888 km! On a lovely but chilly morning we left home to meet sponsors and volunteers. Despite the spontaneity of our trip they made time to join us for a chat.We