Mountaineering

Since my earliest childhood, I have always spent my vacations in the mountains with my family. The fascination for the mountains gripped me here and has never let go since. After focusing on sport climbing for some time, I started to concentrate more on mountaineering again in 2017. In 2017, I climbed my first 4,000-meter peak and spent the summers primarily in the Western Alps from that year on. For 2021, I set myself the goal of climbing the remaining 20 out of the 48 4,000-meter peaks in Switzerland. After a beautiful summer in the mountains with great tours like the Schreckhorn-Lauteraarhorn Traverse, I climbed the Aletschhorn, the last 4,000-meter peak in Switzerland. From that moment on, my main focus shifted to the project of climbing all the 4,000-meter peaks in the Alps.

However, due to a knee operation at the end of 2021, this goal was momentarily uncertain. Because of a long rehabilitation break, I started the mountain season in 2022 a bit late.

Nevertheless, I managed to climb an additional 30 4,000-meter peaks in the same year.

Highlights included the Grandes Jorasses Traverse, the Aiguille Verte via the "Grande Montet" ridge, and the "Teufelsgrat" on Mont Blanc du Tacul.

By the end of 2022, I still had four summits left:

    • I climbed "Les Droites" in June 2023 from the Cuvercle Hut.
    • The 2 summits on the Peuterey Ridge. The Peuterey Ridge is considered the longest ridge in the Alps when crossed as we did with the Aiguille Noire (Peuterey Integral). This tour was certainly one of, if not the most demanding tour I have had the opportunity to climb so far. On the first day, we climbed to the summit of Aiguille Noir and bivouacked there. On the second day, we rappelled 400 meters from Aiguille Noire and traversed the "Dames Anglaise" and the "Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey" (one of the two missing 4,000-meter peaks on the Peuterey Ridge) to reach Col de Peuterey. We spent a stormy night there and ascended the "Grand Pilier d'Angle" (the second missing 4,000-meter peak) the next day. From there, we continued to Mont Blanc.
    • The last remaining 4,000-meter peak was the "Picco Luigi Amadeo." We climbed it via the "Bonatti-Ogioni" route on Piller Rouge. Also located on the south side of Mont Blanc, this tour was characterized by absolute solitude, brittle rock, and a sharp snow ridge. It was a perfect conclusion to the "4,000-meter Project." It was even more beautiful to be accompanied by "Epic TV," who filmed this ascent.

 

With the completion of this project, a long-held dream came true.

Let's see what's coming next 😉

„4000th Project“

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