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Tim invited us to take a closer look at the log transport with Maximilan Zipfel. We accepted this invitation and were amazed at how young these two men were. We filmed the interview on Friday evening and drove to the company the following day to film. A third person was supposed to be waiting for us there who would take us into the forest in an off-road vehicle. To our amazement, at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning there were not just the three people, but six people there, and none of them were older than 30. We were really fascinated by that. After that we went into the forest, but it was empty for the time being. When we passed the sign saying forestry and agricultural vehicles permitted the adventure began. Narrow, dark forest paths, up and down hills, through two streams with a really freaky background in the morning. The fog was still hanging deep in the forest and it looked really epic. When we arrived at our loading point, I immediately noticed a huge clearing where there were simply no trees left. The work of the bark beetle (spruce bark beetle). Max and his boys gave us a really good explanation of how this animal works and why it is such a big issue. After this conversation, we started loading and we were really impressed by how 20 m long tree trunks are turned and twisted in a curve on a slope. After loading, we went back to the road with a total length of around 24 m, but until we got there we went up and down hills on washed-out field paths. We learned a lot from this video. We also had a great day outdoors with motivated young people who didn't just see this as work, but lived it too.