Hannes Lindemann

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Hans-Günther "Hannes" Lindemann (* December 28, 1922 ; † April 17, 2015 ) was a German doctor , sailing pioneer , canoeist and author who became famous for crossing the Atlantic with very small boats.

Life

From 1955 onwards, in several self- experiments, he tested the possibilities that a shipwrecked person has to survive under extreme psychological and physical stress on the high seas. 1955 he navigated in a 7.70 m x 0.70 m wide and about 600 kg, especially in Liberia made Dugout , the Liberia , and the following year with an even smaller Folding (5.20 m × 0.87 m, 27 kg), Liberia III , the Atlantic.

Hannes Lindemann's Klepper folding boat in the Deutsches Museum in Munich

For this purpose, Lindemann equipped a standard two-seater Klepper folding boat of the Aerius II type with 60 canned food, 96 milk and 72 beer cans and 3 liters of water and crossed the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to St. Martin in the Netherlands Antilles . Since he carried a sextant for navigation , a sea ​​anchor for breaks and fishing accessories, but did without a stove, he ate the caught fish raw. Lindemann aroused doubts about Alain Bombard's thesis, which was discussed at the time, that shipwrecked people could meet their drinking water needs solely from the salt water or the meat of caught fish: he only survived through the addition of rainwater that was also caught . In the 72 days of the Atlantic crossing, he lost 25 kilograms of body weight and survived several hurricanes and capsized twice . He attributed his success to the careful mental preparation of his journey through autogenic training and autosuggestion .

Lindemann was then successful as a book author: The logbook-like report of his first journeys is just about the ocean , A man, a boat, two continents describes the experiences of a third Atlantic crossing in 1960 and sums up conversations with African statesmen and with Albert Schweitzer , with whom he one For a long time worked as a doctor in Lambaréné ( Gabon ). He wrote several works on the subject of autogenic training , worked as a health pedagogue for the German Red Cross and had a teaching position at the University of Bonn on the subjects of autogenic training and mental hygiene. His guidebooks appeared in numerous editions.

Hannes Lindemann last lived in Bonn - Bad Godesberg .

Others

The folding boat used in 1956 can be viewed in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

Fonts

Travel reports
  • Alone across the ocean: a doctor in a dugout canoe and a folding boat. Frankfurt am Main: Scheffler, 1957
    • French edition: Seul sur l'océan: Un médecin en pirogue et canot pliant. Paris: Buchet / Chastel, 1958
    • Dutch edition: Op een luchtbel over de oceaan. Zaltbommel; Antwerp: van Tuyl, 1959
    • English edition: Alone at sea: a doctor's survival experiments during two Atlantic crossings in a dugout canoe and a folding kayak 2nd edition, Oberschleißheim: Pollner 1998, ISBN 3-925660-27-5
    • last: alone across the ocean. A doctor in a dugout canoe and a folding boat. Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-7688-0670-7 .
  • One man, one boat, two continents: on a long journey for the third time. Bielefeld; Berlin: Delius, Klasing & Co., 1961
counselor
  • Addictive substances: Trip with no return. Danger and defense. Advice for parents, educators, managers in companies and all young people , Hagen: vd Linnepe, 1971
  • Autogenic training: survival in stress, the way to relaxation, health, performance improvement , Munich, Gütersloh, Vienna: Bertelsmann-Ratgeberverlag 1971, ISBN 3-570-06217-1
  • Anti-Stress Program: How to Cope with Everyday Life , Munich, Gütersloh, Vienna: Bertelsmann-Ratgeberverlag 1974, ISBN 3-570-01266-2
  • Just relax: Psychohygiene Training , Munich: Mosaik-Verlag 1984, ISBN 3-570-02925-5
  • Breathe and think yourself healthy , Munich: Orbis 1995, ISBN 3-572-00701-1
  • Those who believe live better: with relaxation exercises, breathing training, prayers and meditations , Munich: Goldmann 2001, ISBN 3-442-16338-2

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary, in: General-Anzeiger, 125th vol., No. 38 073, 25./26. April 2015, p. 36.
  2. ↑ A humble adventurer. Atlantic crosser Lindemann died, in: General-Anzeiger, 125th year, no. 38 073, 25/26. April 2015, p. 32.
  3. ↑ Kanu-Sport, official news organ of the German Canoe Association, issue 9/2006, pp. 16-19.
  4. ↑ German Museum . Website deutsches-museum.de. Retrieved September 15, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Lindemann, Hannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindemann, Hans-Günther (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sailing pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1922
DATE OF DEATH 17th April 2015