In this video we meet Hansjörg Auer a talented mountaineer who has a talent for pulling off big things at high altitude, including scaling mountains and paragliding back down again. His various adventures have taken him to Annapurna III, the Trango Valley, and Baffin Island, amongst an array of other destinations. In this short film, we learn about his life and what drives him to explore remote corners of the planet, not to mention what it means to be truly alone in those places.
Kraig is an outdoor and adventure travel writer based in Nashville, TN. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to numerous online and print outlets, including Popular Mechanics, Gear Junkie, Outside Online, National Geographic, Digital Trends, Business Insider, TripSavvy, about.com, and of course The Adventure Blog.
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