Do you recognize the same man? This is what Jari Saario, who did an incredible job, looks like now

The open sea rower went to clean himself up.

Jari Saario rowed for three and a half months at sea. Illustration picture. PDO

Jari Saarion the three-and-a-half-month rowing across the Atlantic back to the European continent ended in Cuxhaven, Germany. On Wednesday, the man returned to Finland.

During the rowing, Saario had grown a bushy Santa beard, which he got a ride at the barber’s after returning home.

In the comments of the Instagram post, the end result is unabashedly praised.

– 30 years away at once! one user writes.

Firefighter Saario to cross the Atlantic in January. The trip took a brisk two months. The “way point” was the island of Antigua in the Caribbean Sea.

The return trip started in June from Canada.

ttn-50