Hannes Lindemann

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Hannes Lindemann (28 December 1922 – 17 April 2015) was a German doctor, navigator and sailor.

Kon-Tiki (1947) and Alain Bombard
(1952) explored in earlier ocean voyages.

His kayak was delivered to the

Saint Maarten took him 72 days. Towards the end of that trip he encountered storms of "wind force 8, gusting to force 9" when he capsized twice during a period of hallucinations brought on by fatigue and sleep deprivation. At times he described what might be described as tantric or altered states – safe in the cocoon of his sodden kayak while storms raged around him for days. He was convinced that in a survival situation the mind gave up long before the body (or indeed the craft), and to help accomplish the second trip he trained himself in sleep deprivation as well as mentally, which he described at times as prayer, meditation, autogenic training
and ingraining his sub-conscious with affirmational mottos like "I will make it" and "Keep going west".

In the light of these experiences, Lindemann concluded that Alain Bombard had been supplied with fresh water and some other food supplies on two occasions, and could not have survived on salt-water and fish, as claimed.[5]

See also

References

  1. ISSN 0024-3019
    . NOTE: Scroll to Page 92 - "Ocean crossing in canoe" - "In an incredible test of human endurance, a German doctor crosses the Atlantic in a canoe, the smallest craft ever to cross an ocean without outside help." - (and more).
  2. ^ "Hannes Lindemann" (in German). Kanu-Verein Unterweser e.V. Retrieved 7 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Staff (1956). "Klepper collapsible boat - Hannes Lindemann". Deutsches Museum Bonn. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. ISBN 3-925660-27-5
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  5. ^ "Drinking Seawater – the story of Bombard and Lindemann". 2 December 2020.

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