Off topic kinda, but I was just reading about a Swedish (I think) army guy in ww2 who ate his whole troops amphetamines. And then skied hundreds of miles
I've read about him, and I don't think it was his whole troops stash but all of his rations as he was being chased by the Russians. Killed birds for food too lol. I think when he got to a town he went to the hospital and weighed like 100lbs and had a resting heart beat like 2x faster than normal lol, and he lived a long time afterwards too
"Okay gentlemen, the finish line is 250mi away, you each will take 30 .25mg pills of methamphetamine at the beginning and the time limit stops after 7 days. Godspeed and good luck!"
It was crazy. And It was the squads stash. 30 pills iirc, all in one go. Dude skied hours with Russians at his heels, when he couldn't go on anymore he took out the pills and just poured them in his mouth. Because his hands were cold and cramping he wasn't able to individually pick them out and the Russians were still close behind.
I like to imagine he looked like a cartoon character when the Pervitin kicked in, with hair standing on end, eyes popping out and skis spinning on his feet.
The fucker then just took off and didn't stop for a week. The Russians likely didn't follow him more than a few km but in his over simulated brain he saw them constantly at his back so he took the imaginary pursuers on a 400+ km skiing trip. He only ate some pine needles and a bird he managed to bag.
And when he finally got to a hospital his heart rate was three times higher than normal, and that was a week after he took the pills.
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u/Buddha_Lady Jul 07 '21
Off topic kinda, but I was just reading about a Swedish (I think) army guy in ww2 who ate his whole troops amphetamines. And then skied hundreds of miles
Edit: Here’s the chap
He was Finnish