Many of my friends wonder how it is possible that a 32 year old Austrian fellow ended up in such a distant country as Chile-Puerto Montt and has dedicated his life to developing seakayak tourism... and, if I have to be honest, sometimes I can't explain it either; perhaps it all began without me realizing what was going on. Since I was little I felt an enormous fascination for the sea, even though my country doesn't have a coast, and maybe for this very reason, having grown up surrounded by mountains, I always felt the lack of an endless horizon, which is what the sea represents to me. At the age of 15 I bought my first kayak, a double Klepper, and I took all my friends on different voyages on kayaks through Europe and Canada, and that is how I ended up in Chile at the age of 19, without knowing a single word of Spanish. After arriving in Puert Montt I was fascinated by the combination of mountains and ocean, all at the same time, and that is why I often returned to Puerto Montt and its surroundings to travel in kayak. On my third trip I met my wife and found a reason to finally learn Spanish, and at last I had an excuse to professionally dedicate myself to my favourite personal hobby and to stay in the country of my choice for good. For that reason I did the 4 star assessment and the 5 star course at the Anglesey Sea and Surf Center (ASSC) in Wales. More than eight years have passed since my wife and I began our project, years where I completed many voyages with my clients and friends. Most of these trips last for a short time, but I have also accomplished expeditions of many days, like the one I did from Tortel to Puerto Eden with my friend Reg Lake, an American fellow who, just like me, suffers from a great attraction to the Chilean Patagonia.