Shortly afterwards, he posted his fourth video, which featured him cutting through ice using a chainsaw before he dunked his head into it and dived under. swimming towards a ferry to purchase alcohol. Shortly afterwards, he uploaded a follow-up video “On Thin Sea Ice 3,” in which he is seen during winter.
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His video was so well-received that he subsequently founded the company Apetor Film – March 2011 – which he hoped to use to produce TV programs, videos and films. He came into the limelight in 2011, after he uploaded the video “On Thin Sea Ice 2,” which featured him diving into a sea covered with thick ice sheets, drinking vodka, and ice skating, which attracted millions of views within a week. He named his channel Apetor, comprising the words ‘ape’ and ‘tor’, and used it to share videos of his trips, posting footage of scenic views and wildlife. Tor began his YouTube career on 10 October 2006, and uploaded his first video “In My Boat” the next day. The YouTuber was also a car fanatic, and his favorite models were the Volvo 142 and 240 series. A few days before he died, he shared a video of himself with the digits ‘57’ inscribed on his forehead, sipping vodka it was entitled, “I Am Not Dead, I Am 57 Today.” Before his diagnosis, he had been suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, but neither of these ailments killed him.Įckhoff had a tendency of assuring his fans that he was alive, every year on his birthday.
On 9 March 2019, Eckhoff was diagnosed with terminal rectal cancer, and his doctors alerted him that it had spread swiftly – he went for surgery in mid-2019. He was an athletic person, and was a regular participant in the Holmestrand Marathon.
Facts and InterestsĪpetor was fascinated by evolutionary biology, especially the relationship between apes and humans.Īlthough he was always seen sipping Vikingfjord Vodka in most of his YouTube videos, he clarified that he had no connection with the brand, that he wasn’t promoting it. A post shared by Tor Eckhoff went to a local school for his primary education, before he joined Sandefjord High School, and later enrolled at the University of Bergen to study Nordic Literature, Philosophy, and History, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1993.
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