The man who is known to many only as an earthworm-swallowing freak has fought his way through jungle regions, glistening salt deserts, foaming rapids, and has survived fifteen armed assaults in the process. In the beginning, adventuring is only an avocation for Nehberg, who was born in 1935. He earns his living as a confectioner. The man who, as a child, did not dare descending into a dark cellar, rides the Blue Nile with a folding boat in 1975, masters the Danakil Desert, and crosses the Atlantic in a pedal boat and on a tree trunk. Like no other man, Nehberg has been searching for danger and has always ridden it out personally. But it did not always turn out all right: In Ethiopia, he loses a friend who is shot by robbers right before his eyes. In 1981, he single-handedly popularizes survival in Germany by crossing the country from north to south. The rules: Do not use any special equipment, live only on what you find on the way, do not break any laws, do not resort to beggary, respect nature. Today, Nehberg utilizes his popularity for humanitarian ends. His motto: "Put a meaning into the adventure".The man who is known to many only as an earthworm-swallowing freak has fought his way through jungle regions, glistening salt deserts, foaming rapids, and has survived fifteen armed assaults in the process. In the beginning, adventuring is only an avocation for Nehberg, who was born in 1935. He earns his living as a confectioner. The man who, as a child, did not dare descending into a dark cellar, rides the Blue Nile with a folding boat in 1975, masters the Danakil Desert, and crosses the Atlantic in a pedal boat and on a tree trunk. Like no other man, Nehberg has been searching for danger and has always ridden it out personally. But it did not always turn out all right: In Ethiopia, he loses a friend who is shot by robbers right before his eyes. In 1981, he single-handedly popularizes survival in Germany by crossing the country from north to south. The rules: Do not use any special equipment, live only on what you find on the way, do not break any laws, do not resort to beggary, respect nature. Today, Nehberg utilizes his popularity for humanitarian ends. His motto: "Put a meaning into the adventure".
