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Heinrich Harrer - why is this man discussed so little here?
He's indisputably the God of /out/.
>one of the fastest downhill skiers in the world
>first man to conquer the Eiger North wall, a near 90° incline, 1800 meter high wall on a 4000 meter peak, with nothing but rope and crampons
>high ranking SS officer invited on Hitler's behest because he was such an Aryan Giga Chad
>married Alfred Wegener's daughter (Yes, THE Alfred Wegener, famous Greenland expeditionist and discoverer of continental drift)
>escaped from a British prisoner-of-war camp, then hiked across the high Tibetan plateau for 20 MONTHS, dodging bears, leopards and bandits before arriving in the forbidden city of Lhasa, gloveless and with his shoes in tatters.
>survived a 30 meter plunge over a waterfall in New Guinea after being chased by cannibals
>become a well-paid government employee of Tibet, taught the Dalai Lama how to ice skate, became his teacher in a wide variety of subjects, from politics, to geography, to science, how jet engines work, built a cinema using a jeep engine etc.
>documented his life's story in over 20 books that were translated in over 50 languages and became one of the best selling authors of all time
>died in his bed at 93
How was this man even real?
He's indisputably the God of /out/.
>one of the fastest downhill skiers in the world
>first man to conquer the Eiger North wall, a near 90° incline, 1800 meter high wall on a 4000 meter peak, with nothing but rope and crampons
>high ranking SS officer invited on Hitler's behest because he was such an Aryan Giga Chad
>married Alfred Wegener's daughter (Yes, THE Alfred Wegener, famous Greenland expeditionist and discoverer of continental drift)
>escaped from a British prisoner-of-war camp, then hiked across the high Tibetan plateau for 20 MONTHS, dodging bears, leopards and bandits before arriving in the forbidden city of Lhasa, gloveless and with his shoes in tatters.
>survived a 30 meter plunge over a waterfall in New Guinea after being chased by cannibals
>become a well-paid government employee of Tibet, taught the Dalai Lama how to ice skate, became his teacher in a wide variety of subjects, from politics, to geography, to science, how jet engines work, built a cinema using a jeep engine etc.
>documented his life's story in over 20 books that were translated in over 50 languages and became one of the best selling authors of all time
>died in his bed at 93
How was this man even real?
