WILLKOMMEN TO WINTERFÜSTE '25!

Hallo, Füsters!

It’s that time again . . . time to take the fight to your flank meat and to attempt to beat it back into submission after another holiday season of grotesque excess and a near complete lack of physical activity on your part. But have no fear as this is precisely why we Füste!

For those retuning to the game, congratulations on committing here even though you know what you’ve signed up for! And for our Neofüstes (new players), get ready for a campaign of shock and awe that in 9 weeks will leave you stripped of flank meat and looking down at your bathroom scale in pleasure (IF you do the work!).

While our Neofüstes should have already done this, return players should now take a minute to review the updated Regelbuch (Rule Book) and make sure they’re up to speed on any game changes (especially around the exercise component; go here).

To help everyone out, here’s a summary of the significant game changes for WF25:

• There are some basic changes made to the workout parameters, specifically around Doppelt and Trippelt workouts (GG is trying to make it a little easier for you to score these points). Make sure you understand the parameters around time and distance by reviewing the Schmerzenfüste details.

• There is no Skwad, Haus, or group play component this year (those who have been doing this for a while know that GG runs hot and cold on this idea). GG wanted to make this a less complicated game focused solely on your personal performance and achievement so that’s what we’ll be doing.

• Keeping in the theme of stream lining game play, GG has changed a big part of the bonusing game. He’s taken most of the non-exercise bonus opportunities and dumped them into one big bucket he’s calling “Side Quests”. This includes things like the Polar Plunge, Lucky Friend Gift, Dekorationfüste, moon-based activities etc. etc. Here’s how this is going to work: there are a total of 50 possible Side Quest bonus points you can earn during Winterfüste. If and when you earn 30 of the 50 points, you’ll be awarded the Side Quest Completion Bonus. This means that you can now pick and choose which of the Side Quest events you want to participate in and you no longer have to do every single little activity just to make it to the podium on the Finalefüste. Hopefully this will help some of the Füsters who have professed anxiety around jumping into a frozen lake or making a snow angel or breaking a plate on someone’s doorstep. Trust GG, if it doesn’t already, this will make sense to you as the game progresses. As for the rest of the exercise based bonuses, they’re considered “Weekly” bonuses and must be completed the same week they’re assigned (no more extended “Periode” based bonus play). Probably good idea to review the bonus game play rules by going here.

• Fasting will be a little different this game. We’ll start with the 12 hour dawn to dusk fasts for the first third of the game, then move to 24 hour fasts for the second, then we’ll peak with a brutal 48hr fast before stepping back to the 24 and 12hr fasts again to close out the back third of game play. And as always, Fasts will be scheduled for Mondays (since Mondays already pretty much suck).

• Daily Homework has had an overhaul as well; we’ll be doing something called the Daily Fünfzig or “Daily 50”. Each day you’ll attempt to complete the same basic set of strength building activities (e.g. push-ups, sit-ups, squats etc.). This daily assignment will not change during the game. The idea here is that while you may not be able to do all 50 of each activity on Day 1, if you stick to it and put in the time and effort, by the Finalefüste you should be able to complete the full Daily Fünfzig with ease. We tested this during Sömmer Kamp ‘24 with good results so GG’s taking this mainstream now (lucky you!).

• Daily game updates (most days at least; let’s not get carried away here) will now be posted on The Füste’s Blue Sky account (@ggrolar.bsky.social and yes, this is yet another social media app GG will be using as he continues his search for non-evil platforms to support) as well as IG and Threads (same as last year).

Okay, that’s enough of that. So what do you need to know for this week and the Startenfüste (Thursday, January 2nd)?

1. First and as always, get up on Thursday morning and complete your game weigh-in. This requires you to get on a scale and face the consequences of this past holiday season. It’s all good though as this number will be greatly reduced by the time you do your game weigh-out on March 8th! Make sure you take a picture of the number on your scale and text it to GG on Thursday morning. He’ll record this value for you and keep it secret and safe. And one thing here please . . . if your feet are in the pic and you basically have coyote paws instead of human appendages, wear socks for the love of Gött! GG’s sanity often hangs by a thread during Füsting season and nasty feet pics are just the thing that can send him over the edge. Danke for your consideration.

2. The first four days of game play (Jan. 2nd - Jan. 5th) are considered Week 0. As this is the introduction period, we’ll take things nice and slow. No sugar, no alcohol and complete a Singelt workout each day. But bonus play will be very limited. You can do the first two “Weekly” bonuses: the first Long Winter Wog (a mind-numbingly simple 1 mile) and the first set of Stairs (10 flights). For the Side Quest game, you can complete the Polar Plunge to earn the first +5p of the total 30 you need to earn the final Side Quest Completion Bonus. That’s it. That’s all you have to do for Week 0.

3. No homework for Week 0; we’ll start that next week.

4. The first Fastentag (fasting day) of the game is this coming Monday, Jan. 6th. It’s only a dawn to dusk fast so nothing spectacular out the gate here. Remember, clear liquids only and no solid food till sunset (basically 5pm PST or whatever time is accurate for your location on the planet).

Two more things (consider them “pro tips”). If you’re going to be doing a lot of walking this Wintefüste, consider finally purchasing a weighted vest (one where you can adjust the total weight up or down) instead of carrying around a backpack full of canned vegetables and hand weights. GG’s just sayin’. Also, don’t forget to set an alarm on your phone to remind you to report off each day by noon.

So that’s it for the pre-game pep talk. For those returning players, it’s the same basic idea and experience you’ve always had. For the Neofüstes, it’s all new to you anyways so . . .

Tomorrow you’ll receive the link to your Daily Reporting Tool via a text from GG. For the former Füsters, please remember to delete any old links you might have from past games.

And as always, if you have any questions or need a point of clarification, please text GG directly and he’ll get you an answer. In the meantime, enjoy your New Year’s holiday and we’ll see you on the Spielbrett (game board) on Thursday morning at 6am local time!

Thank you for joining the game and GG wishes you the best of luck this Winterfüste! With a little luck (and a lot of sweat and tears), we’ll see you on the podium in March!

May the Füste be with you!
Griswalde Grolar

Week 7: Departing the Pattern

Füsters!

For those remaining, congratulations on having made it to the final week of Sömmer Kamp ‘24! Not an easy achievement given all the summer time distractions (and an impressive COVID spike) and something you should definitely be proud of . . . but now you’ve got to finish out the game and bring home that last haul of bonuspunkte!

Update:

• Triplelts are still in play this week and given you’ve only got 5 days of game play left, the break down will be as follows: 3 Trippelts, 1 Doppelt, 1 Singelt.

• For that Singelt, if you want to take the day off, you can go ice skating as the final summer fun bonus this year. Just send GG a pic from the ice rink as proof, do a couple laps on the ice and that’ll count for that days exercise!

• This week is Drachen season but you already knew that from yesterday’s post so GG’s not going to beat the proverbial dead horse here. You know how it works so go get it done!

• Only four total bonuses this week (including the 🐲); 12 miles stroll, 150 flights of stairs (yep, GG just did that to you!) and a 3 minute plank (filmed with time lapse on). Do those four and make it to Friday and your game is complete!

• Remember, the stroll and stairs bonuses come with big completion bonuses so make sure to push through these last two so you can get that big punkte!

• Final fasting day tomorrow and if you did all 8 days, you can score yourself yet another completion bonus on Tuesday’s DRT!

So that’s it for now. So much punkte this week (completion bonuses and your Drachen could net you +45p extra!)! Don’t ease up now with the finish line in sight! Remember, the game goes till 5pm on Friday and after that you get to return to your normal programming for the rest of the year! Keep it up and finish strong! GG will be in touch later in the week with Finalefüste info so just a little more to come before we close out Sömmer Kamp for good!

Good luck this week!

GG

DRACHENFÜSTE!🐲

Hallo Füsters!

So, a couple folks have asked after the Drachen bonus. So, Drachen slayage is officially slotted to start on Monday and go till Friday, the Finalefüste. But given that means you’ll have to do it on a weekday and may run into scheduling issues, you can choose to slay your Drachen tomorrow if that works better for you. Just know that if you do it tomorrow, it will not count towards anything for Week 6. So if you have a Week 6 bonus you had planned for tomorrow and now you want to do the Drachen too, you’d have to do the Week 6 bonus activity in addition to the Drachen activity. Hardcore? Yes. Impossible. No. GG will leave it to your discretion but please let him know if you’re going Drachen hunting early/tomorrow. And remember, the Drachen is equal to the combination of FIVE Singelt activities done back to back (or as close as possible) unless you’d like to take the option of doing the Drachen specific requirement for any one exercise (e.g. a Drachen in running is equal to a half marathon and not the full five 3 mile Singelts you’d have to do otherwise; Drachen parameters are listed below the Singelt, Doppelt or Trippelt parameters on the Schmerzenfüste page HERE). And for the new Füsters still left in the game, the Drachenfüste bonus details has been posted to the Bonuspunkte page HERE. Just reach out to GG if you need clarification or have any questions. And good luck!

GG

WEEK 6: Trippelt Time!

Evening Füsters!

Only two weeks of Sömmer Kamp left and it’s time to drop the hammer! This final period of the game is fairly brutal but worth every punkte as it’s going to knock your flank meat out cold!

Here’s your update:

• Week 6 means a 10.5 mile stroll, 100 flight of stairs. You know what to do.

• Final Climb Bonus is here and with it will come a big +10p completion bonus (and yes, it’s really +10p for this one)!

• A completely new never seen before bonus opportunity is introduced this week too . . . go find the details HERE.

• And not to bury the lead but yes, Trippelts are now in play through the Finalfüste (Aug. 30th). So that means ether do three seperate Singelts or a Singelt/Doppelt combo or you can go to the Schmerzenfüste page and review each exercise for its Trippelt parameters (e.g. the running Trippelt is 7 miles which is considerably less then doing three back to back running Singelts, if you’re tracking GG here). This week you can do 3 Trippelts. That means the other four days of the week can be split between 2 Doppelts and 2 Singelts.

• Tomorrow night is the second and last Full Moon bonus of the game. This year it’s a Super Blue Sturgeon Moon (which is a mouthful). Earn your +1p bonus by getting outside under the full moon and walking one mile in either an all blue outfit or dressed as a strugeon (if you’re into that kind of thing). So, some clarity here too. The goal is yes, to get out when the moon is actually in the sky but if you can’t make that work then just get out there after sunset. Try and take a pic of the moon to send to GG and also a pic of yourself in whatever outfit you chose!

That’s it for tonight! Keep pushing forward, Füsters! You’re almost there and the next two weeks are pivotal in your campaign agains your flank meat! Stay strong and push through all the way to the Finalefüste!

GG

Week 5: The Descent to the Finalefüste Begins!

Füsters,

We’re officially over the hump and on our way down the back side of the game. You’ve got three weeks left to show your flank meat what you’re made of and the game play requirements will absolutely be ramping up to help drive you to success!

Here’s this weeks updates:

• You guessed it, the Long Sömmer Stroll and So Many Stairs bonuses increase by another 1.5 miles and 15 flights respectively.

• Your third and final bonus of the Parkenfüste series is here and once you complete the 5 mile trek through a city, county, state or national park (and you did the first two), you’ll be able to scored yourself the úber.-bonus of +10p!

• Week 5 also gets you the second Sömmer fun time bonus where you get to trade a Singelt workout for something a little more enjoyable. This week it’s the classic water balloon ambush (always a crowd pleaser). Get some water balloons and ambush an unsuspecting non-Füster by pelting them until they’re soaking wet and thoroughly flummoxed. Get it all on video, send to GG and you’ll earn a Singelt exercise point for that day. You can do this once this week so have some fun! If you don’t want to take part, then simply exercise as normal.

• This is the last week of Doppelt game play and that means you can score 5 total Doppelts between tomorrow, Aug. 12 and next Sunday, Aug 19th. The other two days must be Singelts.

That’s it for Week 5. Keep it up and keep Füsting hard all the way to the end! You’re almost there!

Cheers!
GG

WEEK 4: Right Down the Middle!

Füsters,

This week is the official half way point of Sömmer Kamp (Wednesday, August 7th to be specific). And no, there’s no “Cheat Day” during Sömmer Kamp so just keep on truckin’. But it is a good time to reflect on where you’re at with your game and if you’re performing to your own expectations. After Wedensday, we’ve only got three and a half more weeks to go and the time to put your flank meat under severe duress is dwindling. So pick it up (or keep it going) and make sure you don’t fade into the back half of the game!

Alright, let’s get to updating:

• First, GG notes not a lot of people took advantage of the mini-golf sponsored day off from exercise. Which is either a really good thing (you’re super dedicated to Schmerzenfùste) or a not so good thing (you’re not working out enough for a day off to be enticing). Either way, you’ll get two more Summer fun days like this in the coming weeks so maybe GG will find an activity that you enjoy (who doesn’t enjoy mini-golf? 🤦🏻‍♂️).

• Weekly bonuses continue to increase in difficulty with the Stroll going to 7.5 miles and Stairs going to 70, plus a couple other bonuses too. Go HERE for details.

• This week’s Fastentag is particularly challenging. Perhaps you noted that the number of announced Fastentags was +1 to the number of Mondays in the game? Well that’s because this week’s Fastentag is officially an über event: the fast begins tomorrow at sun-up but doesn’t end at sundown . . . it keeps going for another 24 hours!! This is a throw back to the days when the legacy Füsters would suffer a 2 and 3 day fast! But don’t get crazy, this is only 36 hours so it’s nothing too extreme. To summarize, your clear liquid only fast begins tomorrow morning at dawn and goes to 6pm on Tuesday! If that doesn’t get you hangry, nothing will! And don’t skip this one cause fasting has an incredibly positive impact on your waist line (and an incredibly negative impact on your flank meat) AND you can’t earn the +10p Fastentag completion bonus without surviving the 36 hour fast! So good luck and may your family forgive your hanger!

• As Week 4 crosses the midway point of the game, it’s time for your “Mid Term” to check and see if you’ve been doing your Daily 50 homework. Mid Terms are completed next weekend (doesn’t matter which day) and reported on Monday, August 12th. How do you complete this test? Pretty simple. Set you phone at a good vantage point, set it to “Time Lapse” video and film yourself doing an entire Daily 50 workout. If you haven’t been doing certain exercises because of injury or some other issue, just do what you’ve been doing instead. Text GG a copy of the video when done as proof of completion and then you can score your bonus point on Monday. Again, good luck!

• Please remember to read the rules for all bonus and/or exercise activities. If there’s specific instructions for an activity, you must follow those instructions in order to earn your point, e.g. you cannot use a stair stepper to complete your Too Many Stairs bonus (you have to actually go up a staircase otherwise the mental anguish of this event is lessened and so is the challenge!). Also make sure you understand the distances associated with Singelt and Doppelt game play and any other associated details (go HERE to refresh on the exercise requirements). Thank you for your attention to detail!

That’s it for now, Füsters. GG hopes you had a great weekend and wishes you a successful Week 4!

GG

Week 3: Double Time!

Füsters,

Week 3 is upon us and it’s time to kick it up a notch! Starting tomorrow, Doppelt game play begins and continues for the next three weeks. What’s a Doppelt? It’s the opportunity to either complete two separate workouts (ride your bike for 15 miles AND swim 1500 yards) OR double a Singelt workout parameter (e.g. a 5 mile run instead of 3 . . . yes, yes, GG know’s that’s not technically double the mileage but you get the gist). You’ll want to review the exercise parameters for the Doppelt requirements for each separate workout HERE.

Here’s what else’s is going on this week:

• Speaking of Doppelts, this week you’re allowed to complete 3 of them. That means three days this week you can do a Doppelt and the other four days you stay with a Singelt (what you’ve been doing the last two weeks).

• Monday is a great day to weigh-in and see how you’re doing. By this point in the game you should have dropped a couple pounds. If your weight hasn’t changed since the Startenfüste, then you’re probably not working as hard as you could. Now’s the time to recommit for the 5 remaining weeks of Sömmer Kamp (and no, you don’t need to send GG your weight again).

• This week GG’s got a Sömmer surprise for you! One day this week (whichever day you’d like), you can take a the day off from exercise and instead go play a game of miniature golf! So not only do you get a rest day but you also get to have some fun! All you have to do is send GG a short video of you making a putt at the miniature golf place and you’ll earn your exercise point for the day. It’s that easy, If you don’t want to play golf then you’ll just exercise like normal. Totally up to you.

• This week sees the Long Sömmer Stroll and the So Many Stairs bonuses increase again in distance and flights. You also get to complete your second Parkenfüste bonus and the After Dark bonus gets in on the action too. Go HERE for more.

• Don’t forget that tomorrow is a fasting day, dawn to 6:00pm local time. Go get hangry!

That’s it for now. Hope you all have a great Week 3!

GG

Week 2: Coming in Hot!

Morning Füsters,

Well, Sömmer is definitely here and it’s hotter than a long dog laying out on his favorite spot of concrete under the noon day sun (trust GG, it’s a thing . . . and they get HOT). Hopefully everyone survived the first week of Sömmer Kamp and is ready for more of the same as the forecast for the rest of the game seems to be heat piled on top of heat. Good reason to keep your workouts to the early morning or late evenings . . .

Here’s the Week 2 game update:

• This week is the last week of Singelt only game play so take this chance to continue to ease your way into Sömmer Kamp as next week it’s Doppelt the fun.

• New Week 2 bonuses are posted. There’s a significant change to the Climb bonus series that should make the cyclists in the game pretty happy (until they see what Bonus #3 looks like). Make sure you review the details HERE.

• Keep working on your Daily 50 homework assignment. If you did only this, you’d see a huge change over the 7 weeks of Sömmer Kamp!

• Drink coupons: remember, you needed to earn a total of 7 exercise points between Monday, July 15th and Sunday, July 21st to earn a drink coupon good for Week 2. GG will let you know if you earned one after he reviews the scoring. If you did get yourself a coupon, the way to use it is to have your drink and then the next day report on the DRT that you “did not earn” your drink point. You’ll then see a question asking if you have a coupon to use. Select “yes” and you’ll get your drink point back! It’s that easy.

• Last night’s surprise full moon bonus pointed out an issue GG is having with time zones. For those Füsting on the East Coast or Central Time Zone, GG promises to push out communications earlier in the day so that you get them at a reasonable hour.

• Don’t forget today is the second Fastentag of the game. No food till 6:30pm local time!

That’s it for today. Hopy everyone has a great Week 2. Get out there and earn those exercise punkte!

GG

Willkommen to Week 1 of Sömmer Kamp!

Evening, Füsters!

Hopefully the three day “game intro” over this weekend wasn’t too painful or complicated for you. Bonuses were easy, weather wasn’t terrible (at least here at The Füste HQ), and the sun is staying up late to give you extra time to get stuff done!

Here’s your Week 1 game update:

• No real issues on the reporting front this weekend. One thing of note, don’t forget that sometimes what you do for daily exercise will also count towards a bonus opportunity, e.g. if there’s a 1.5 mile Long Sömmer Stroll bonus on the table and for your daily exercise you do a 4 mile walk, you can claim the bonus too! Don’t short yourself bonuspunkte when you’ve earned it!

• Speaking of bonuspunkte, you’ve got three bonus activity opportunities this week:

  • The Long Sömmer Stroll bonus series continues, this week with a 3 mile walk/run. You can probably see where this is going . . .

  • The So Many Stairs bonus series also continues with 25 flights. Shut up legs!

  • The first non-weekly bonus (still a series tho) also drops with Parkenfüste #1. Go for a three mile walk/run in any city/county/state/National park to score this bonus.

  • Go HERE for more details on these bonuses!

• Sömmer Skūl starts tomorrow with its daily assigned homework. For those of you who have Füsted before, we’re going to try something a little different this time. Go HERE for details!

• Tomorrow is also the first Fastentag of Sömmer Kamp. This means that once the sun comes up, you’re stuck with clear liquids only till 6pm. Yes, the strict definition of a Fastentag is dawn to dusk but with Sömmer’s late sunsets, GG doesn’t want to push you to eating too late in the evening as that would be counterproductive for the what we’re trying to accomplish. So, no food from dawn to 6pm, tomorrow. Be there and be prepared to be hangry!

• And tomorrow is also the first day you start earning credit towards your first drink coupon. Remember, scored 7 total workout points between tomorrow and next Sunday and you’ll earn a drink coupon redeemable during Week 2.

• And just a final reminder: GG is one person (no AI here!) with a whole other full time job that will sometimes get in the way of responding back to you in a timely manner. Please just be patient if you text and don’t get an immediate reply; GG will always do his best to respond to questions and requests same day (unless you hit him up after about 10pm). Coming up this week, there will be an all day comms black out on Wednesday as GG will be in a very long in person meeting and won’t be able to monitor his game phone. Just FYI.

Alright, that’s enough for now. Hope everyone has a great Week 1 and remember, significant change does not come without significant effort so put the time in here! Sömmer Kamp is only 7 weeks; not a very long time to commit to something that will make you healthier and happier. Good luck!

GG

SÖMMER KAMP OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

Evening, Füsters!

Tomorrow is the first day of Sömmer Kamp ‘24 and as such it’s time to get your head in the game and prepare for all out warfare on your flank meat! This isn’t going to be easy but nothing in life ever is. For those who haven’t attended Sömmer Kamp before, it’s considerably shorter than Winterfüste but what it lacks in temporal length it more then makes up for with pure unadulterated intensity. This is going to be a knock down, drag out fight with your flank meat and when the dust settles in late August, you’ll (hopefully) be the only one left standing!

GG assumes you’ve taken the time to familiarize yourself with the Regelbuch (Rule Book) but if you haven’t, why not head over there right now and get reacquainted with how this game works (go HERE). If you’re new to Füsting, you should have already read through the Quick Start Guide and the Rulebook and be chomping at the proverbial bit (if you have any questions or need clarification on something, always feel free to text GG for help). Make sure to also review the Schmerzenfüste (exercise) parameters for Sömmer Kamp, as some have changed from last Winter (go HERE).

Okay, enough of the formalities, let’s talk about Day 1, the Startenfüste!

• First, please sign the game liability waiver so that GG can comfortably torture you for the next 7 weeks (go HERE). The Füste is a small, one man shop and not really worth much but this is still America and GG needs to cover his rear end. Thank you for understanding.

• Next, tomorrow morning at sun-up, game play begins. The first thing you’re going to want to do is roll that bloated carcass you call a body out of bed and face the unthinkable: strip down, hop on a scale and take a good hard look at reality. While you’re there, take a quick pic of the number on the scale and send it to GG via text (and look, if you’ve got gnarly coyote paws for feet, please, please, please just put some socks on before taking that pic; GG has seen things no one should ever see and you don’t need to add to his collective trauma). You’ll also report your weight again on the DRT on Saturday morning.

• After that, the day is yours, except this day you won’t be eating sugar or processed krap, you won’t be drinking alcohol and you’re going to get out into the heat of Sömmer and complete a designated Singelt workout. However you do this is your choice, just make sure it meets the workout requirements and that you either track it on STRAVA or send GG some proof with heart rate data showing you did what you were supposed to do!

• This first weekend has two very easy bonus opportunities for you: a simple 1.5 mile walk and a very easy 10 flights of stairs (go HERE for details on these and other bonus opportunities). Remember, you can only complete one bonus activity per day (unless GG tells you differently). Make sure you complete both of these bonuses this weekend (on separate days) so you don’t fall behind as Week 1 begins on Monday! And don’t worry, the bonus activities, they get a lot harder as we go forward in the game . . . A LOT harder so really just enjoy this simple, quiet time in your life cause in a couple weeks, you’re going to look back at these first two bonuses and just shake your head ruefully.

• There’s no “homework” this weekend (that’s the fun bodyweight strength work you’ll be doing every day in addition to your Schmerzenfüste workouts); Sömmer Skūl starts Monday and GG will send out details on your homework in Sunday night’s game update.

• GG is sure a couple of you are wondering about the tantalizing concept of “drink coupons”. Yes, GG is not a complete monster and this year he’s going to try letting the Füsters have a little bit of Sömmer fun. Here’s how it works: to earn your first drink coupon (worth +1 Drunkenpunkte that can be used at your discretion), you need to score a total of 7 workout points during Week 1 of game play. So starting on Monday, if you complete a Singelt workout each day of next week to a total of 7, you’ll earn a drink coupon that can then be used during Week 2. So there’s a little bit of carrot to go with all the stick that comes with Sömmer Kamp. Only restriction when you use the coupon is that you’re not allowed to have a sugar filled “mixed drink”; beer and wine are fine, hard alcohol on the rocks is okay too but you’re not guzzling down a Piña Colada on GG’s watch, no sir/ma’am. Make peace with this now, gentle Füster.

• Couple of pro-tips before the game starts:

  • Maybe go get yourself a weighted vest (especially if you’re a serial Füster), as walking with weight is a thing and wearing a back pack full of rocks and hand weights kinda sucks.

  • Locate a quarter mile track in your immediate area. School’s out for Sömmer so any high school or junior high track should do nicely.

  • Find a good staircase, a friendly staircase with a nice cross breeze and a pleasant view at the top (try to avoid gross, urine scented parking garage staircases full of cigarette butts that would make the liability waiver necessary). You’re going to be spending a lot of time going up it so you might as well like where you’re at.

  • Go right now and clear all the krap out of your pantry and fridge that doesn’t meet the food parameters. Or if you’re living with non-Füsters (brave, brave soul), at least get them to put it all in one cupboard and out of your line of sight.

Okay, that’s pretty much enough for now. Tomorrow, sun-up, your flank meat on one side of the town square, you on the other. It’s time for a show down! Get the Startenfüste under your belt, make your first report using the Daily Reporting Tool on Saturday morning (remember, you’ll always report for the previous day’s activities) and GG will check back in on Sunday night. Just ease in here, there’s a lot to come that’s going to terrify your flank meat plenty. But that’s why you’re here and GG thanks you for that.

Welcome to Sömmer Kamp!

May the Füste be with you in the coming weeks,

Griswalde Grolar