Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger (5thL), Felix Loch (6thL),Tobias Arlt (6th R) and Tobias Wendt (5th R) leap on the podium celebrating their first place in the luge team relay competition between second-placed Russia and third-placed Latvia teams at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Germans love to jump. They will jump in groups (above). They will jump solo (below).
Felix Loch of Germany jumps onto the podium after he won the gold medal during the men’s singles luge final at the 2014
And they will also travel specifically to get pictures of themselves jumping. Like Tobias – a 31 year old German computer engineer who liked to travel to “dangerous places and take pictures of myself jumping on famous things!”
I met Tobias when I went to Iraq – he was part of a motley crew of people who all decided to vacation in a semi-war zone. More on Tobias the jumper and my theory on Germans vs. The Samburu Warriors after the jump: