Extreme sport · Survival · Expeditions
Extreme athlete from Dortmund. Alone through desert, jungle and ice. With nothing but what I can carry and what I have learned.
Uplink Garmin inReach ····· OK
Position 51.5136° N · 7.4653° E · Basecamp Dortmund
Next mission: Arctic Survival · departure 2 Sep 2026
Status: preparation
Mission ControlBasecamp · 51.5136° N · 7.4653° E
I stay visible even without cell coverage: my Garmin inReach sends my position by satellite to the Mission Control I built myself. Route, check-ins and status are there in real time. If a check-in does not arrive, the alerting chain starts automatically.
The free “Mission Control System” app for iOS and Android puts my live position, route, field reports and weather right on your phone. Alternatively you can add live.timjambor.com to your home screen as an app and get every new check-in as a push notification.
live.timjambor.com
Next expeditionSvalbard · 78.2° N · 15.6° E
150 kilometers alone through the Arctic. No network, polar bear country, and up to 24 hours until help arrives in an emergency. The Ruhr Nachrichten wrote: “Experts advise against this trip.” I set off on 2 September.
Why I do thisField note
The honest answer: because out there I find something that does not exist here.
In the desert, on the ice, alone on an island, there is nobody who will save you. Nobody who applauds. Nobody you can put on an act for. What is left of you is what you really are. No job title, no calendar, no noise. Just you, your fear and the question of whether you keep going.
I deal with death, not because I am looking for it, but because it is the most honest measure there is. Anyone who has spent a night alone in a tent in polar bear country, listening to every single sound, knows how loud life can be. After that, nothing is taken for granted: not a breath, not a sunrise, not a “see you tomorrow”.
And that is exactly what changes everything. Anyone who has been truly close to their own end comes back different: more grateful, calmer, clearer. Arguments get smaller. Time gets more precious. People get more important. I go to my limits to feel where they really are. And every time I come back, I know a little more precisely what is worth living for.
I don't go out there to escape from life. I go out there to finally feel all of it.
Expedition logArchive · 2024–2026
200 kilometers on foot across the Sahara. Heat, sandstorms, scorpions and snakes, and in the middle of it a birthday I am definitely not going to forget.
Read the report →Two weeks on an uninhabited island with nothing but a knife and a machete. Food came straight out of the sea and the jungle: fish, coconuts and sea snails.
Read the report →Through the Höllentalklamm gorge, up the via ferrata and over the glacier to Germany's highest summit at 2,962 meters. Rock, steel cable, ice field: no giving up until you are standing at the summit cross.
View on Instagram →Expeditions begin long before the flight out. Motorsport, solo climbing, snowboarding, mountain biking and amateur football keep body and mind under load.
@codename.tim on Instagram →Press & TV2024–2026
TV report · 21 August 2026
WDR joined me shortly before departure: gear, the emergency concept and the question of why I have myself dropped off alone in polar bear territory.
Video: WDR, report of 21 August 2026
About meDortmund · 51.5136° N · 7.4653° E
Professionally I work as a manager in IT. The same principles apply on an expedition: stay calm, take responsibility and decide even when not all the answers are in yet.
I take responsibility as a volunteer too: as a judge at the Dortmund district sports court and with the volunteer fire brigade. In between comes the preparation for the next expedition: physical, mental and technical.
I built the live tracking system behind live.timjambor.com myself: satellite feed, live map and automatic check-in escalation. When I am out there, you can follow every kilometer.
