At 47, Günter Schachermayr He has resumed the activity after a prolonged parenthesis, with a maneuver as risky as it is unusual. This time, our protagonist toured a section of 4.5 kilometers from the road of St. Ulrichin Austria, uploaded in your Vespa classic modified and in which he made the entire journey in Caballito.
That is, with the front wheel completely lifted from the ground. Eye, there is no mistake, in the Vespa The front train has been completely eliminated, including fork and wheel.
Günter Schachermayr blindly and oxygen
However, what really raises this action at the level of “fantasy” is that SCHACHERMAYR He did it completely blind, with a black hood that covered his head and did not miss light or the air. To guide himself, he depended solely on the radio instructions that a collaborator transmitted from a car that circulated in front of him. But be careful, null visibility was not his only obstacle.
In fact, as the hood prevented him from breathing normally, he had to use a small medicinal oxygen tank, connected by a hose to a mask under the fabric. Does anyone give more?
This feat, however unlikely it seems, was nothing more than an essay for a much more ambitious company. Yes, the Alpina road is planning to ascend Grosslocknerthe highest in Austria, and under the same extreme conditions.
Eye, this famous mountain route, of more than 48 km, winds up to 2,504 meters of altitude and is one of the most spectacular and demanding of the old continent. Perform this ascension without seeing absolutely anything, with assisted breathing and maintaining balance on a single wheel, touches the superhuman.
It is not the first time that Günter He faces this type of challenges. In the past, and as we told you at the time, he tried similar actions on traffic open roads, which caused problems with the law. On one occasion he was intercepted by the police while rolling blindly on his Vespa In a public road, which caused the withdrawal of its driving card and a severe warning by the authorities.
Despite this background, the Austrian seems determined to continue taking to the limit the capacities of the human body, the mechanics of its inseparable scooter and, of course, the patience of the authorities.
