Georg Kirner
Georg "Schorsch" Kirner (born February 1936 in Holzkirchen (Upper Bavaria) ) is a German adventure traveler , amateur ethnologist and author .
Life
Georg Kirner was born as the son of a farmhand and a maid in Haid, a district of Holzkirchen , and grew up as a shepherd boy on an alp with his grandmother. He later made the acquaintance of the entrepreneur Ludwig Bölkow , who helped him to get a commercial training and a job as a customs and business specialist.
At the age of 24, Kirner made his first bicycle trip to Italy, then to Africa. In total, he traveled to almost every country in the world in his life: According to his own statements, there were 197 countries. He documented the life of indigenous peoples who had little contact with modern civilization. On his travels, he covered 40,000 kilometers by bicycle and survived three plane crashes.
From January 2003, at the age of 67, he went on an expedition on skis to the South Pole, making him both the first Bavarian and the oldest person to ever reach the South Pole on foot. On January 1, 2018, Kirner was in the special show The most spectacular of Hard to believe! to guest.
In 2013-2016, Kirner worked as a hiking expert in the Bayerischer Rundfunk TV magazine Wir in Bayern .
In 1993 Georg Kirner was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his commitment to indigenous peoples .
Works (selection)
- My way to the Dalai Lama . Geographische Buchhandlung, Abt. Verlag, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-920397-99-7 ( formally incorrect ) .
- People forgotten by time: Adventure travel to the Stone Age; Africa - New Guinea. Akropolis, Munich 1995, ISBN 978-3-929528-36-7 .
- A backpack full of adventures from Russia and Mongolia . Recorded by Peter Puller . Dannheimer , Kempten 2002, ISBN 3-88881-041-8 .
- A backpack full of memories: Farewell to adventure. Dannheimer, Kempten 2004, ISBN 978-3-88881-049-7 .
- Georg "Girgl" Jennerwein - How it really was. Hias Krinner is co-author. 2017.
literature
- Georg Kirner adventurer and amateur ethnologist in conversation with Dr. Wolfgang Habermeyer . ARD-alpha . Manuscript for the broadcast on February 12, 2016, 8:15 p.m. ( PDF )
- Hans Kratzer: The Bavarian who lived at the court of the Dalai Lama. In: SZ.de . January 7, 2017, accessed December 24, 2017 .
- Josef Karg: Georg Kirner: The crazy life of the last Bavarian adventurer. In: augsburger-allgemeine.de . January 3, 2018, accessed January 7, 2018 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jennerwein: Life and death of a folk hero. March 4, 2018, accessed August 18, 2020 .
- ^ Bivouac at the South Pole. In: Schorsch Kirner. Retrieved August 18, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/sendung/wir-in-bayern/service/wandertipp-bayerischer-wald-schorsch-kirner-100.html
- ↑ https://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/programmkalender/ausrichtung-70734.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kirner, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kirner, Schorsch (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German adventure traveler, amateur ethnologist and book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holzkirchen (Upper Bavaria) |