Bauma is a mountain. It is not an event you attend or a place you visit. It is a thing you conquer. Rising to the challenge of Bauma requires grit, resilience and endurance. But when you have scaled the peak, the view is amazing; the feeling is euphoric; and you will have memories that will last you a lifetime.
10 times I have visited Bauma; and ten times it has defeated me. I have always returned with regrets: regret that the show didn’t last just a little bit longer; regrets at the things I should have seen but didn’t; regrets at the people I planned to meet but couldn’t. But not this time. This time I arrived in Munich with a very long and very detailed list of tasks. And now as I sit in the Munich apartment that has been my home for the past week, my suitcase packed and waiting by the door, my list of tasks is a sea of ticks. Every machine I wanted to see; every person I wanted to meet; every stand I wanted to visit. Done.
Of course, I am not kidding myself. I am sure there were dozens of hidden gems that I didn’t stumble upon; maybe there were enlightening conversations to be had while I was otherwise engaged. But I will return from the Messe Munchen safe in the knowledge that I gave it my all.
And trust me, the equipment manufacturers did likewise. Bobcat, Hitachi, Kobelco, Komatsu, Liebherr, Volvo, Wacker Neuson and all the others brought their A-game; their engineers made possible the impossible, producing equipment not of today but of years to come.
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