Silas Mühle

In 2020 I was hit by a stroke of fate, which changed my life. I suffered a high voltage shock and only survived with luck.

The rescue team found me almost unconscious by the road and took me to the hospital. It wasn’t clear if I was going to make it. The doctors then fought for 8 hours in the emergency surgery, trying to save everything they could. 12 more operations and 2 months in the hospital followed, some of them in the intensive care unit with ventilators.

It was the hardest time in my life and I actually thought I would never be able to even walk again. From one moment to the next, everything was different. However I couldn’t just give up on my dreams and friends and family gave me the strength I didn’t have. Day by day. Week by week. As soon as it was possible I started training again. Even though I wasn’t sure what I could achieve in my condition I worked every day towards an uncertain goal. After so much grief, hard work, intense pain, and much hope I have achieved something that was unthinkable for me — I am sailing again and I have bigger goals than ever before.