Born in Bremen, Germany, Wolfgang Berg studied macroeconomics in Freiburg, Germany, and graduated with a business administration degree from the University of Munich, Germany. His hobbies are sailing, scuba diving, and mountain climbing. He has also been, and still is, a nationally and world-ranked senior tennis player. He has climbed and skied all over the Alps. At age 80, he sailed solo 2,200 miles and did a rock climb of five hours. At age 90 he is still hiking and playing tennis tournaments. He has retired from his company in electronics and sports optics. His work led him to countries all over Europe, North and South America, and Japan. On his voyages to countries and distant islands he studied the people and their cultures and wrote about human life, history, politics, and adventures.
Born in Bremen, Germany, Wolfgang Berg studied macroeconomics in Freiburg, Germany, and graduated with a business administration degree from the University of Munich, Germany. His hobbies are sailing, scuba diving, and mountain climbing. He has also been, and still is, a nationally and world-ranked senior tennis player. He has climbed and skied all over the Alps. At age 80, he sailed solo 2,200 miles and did a rock climb of five hours. At age...
Getting 150 years old sounds like science fiction. But it is not. First, the genetic cause of aging has been discovered. Second, science has not identified an age limit. Third, we have found cures for just about any disease, in mice. The long journey to the age of 150 started with a dream and a vision. Surviving strange encounters steering to the...
It all started when I was hired as crew on the yacht of a retired CIA director, Gordon McGillespie. In World War II he had crash-landed on an island in the middle of the South Pacific. The island was scratched off all maps, hiding it from the Japanese. Later, it was condemned due to radioactive fallout from French nuclear tests, and when its...
Thoughts, Experiences, and Research about the last twenty Years of your Life. This book is written in two parts: “The Aging Body” derives from the personal life experiences of Wolfgang Berg, an 84 year old. He brings observations from high-level amateur sports and personal stories of encounters with people living all over the world. He engages...
