Translation of Berichterstatter

Some of the disadvantages are the coldness, darkness and the fact that the days are a lot shorter then as in the summer. First let me tell you what I do not like about the winter. It is the following.
We begin to think about the information that we receive and we might fabricate our own wrong perceptions about others unless we are willing to become more familiar with these topics by investigating further.
We had to be careful of not falling into the water. We rowed for about an hour and we got tired pretty easily. Especially the other man and woman looked devastated, at the limit of their physical capabilities.