Nature is far more than a playground for me; it's our home and where I feel most alive and happy to be. I love all kinds of landscapes and also really like how harsh and unforgiving nature can be. I'm eternally fascinated by how the Alps change with the seasons. I enjoy how one place can transform so much over the course of a year and offer different opportunities along the way.

Stop! Stop and start thinking. Slow down. Change. Sustain. I think many places and natural phenomena are screaming at us to change our behaviour if we want to sustain the natural habitats we live in.

The highline at the Grand Capucin – it took us 3 attempts over 3 consecutive years to finally climb both sides and connect them with a 200m highline at an elevation of 3,838m, just below Mont Blanc. It demanded that I evolve from a sport climber into an alpinist on many levels and also introduced me to the logistics of real big-wall highlining. It was also a great lesson in how to keep a team together and motivated after some heavy failures, not give in to doubts, but believe in a dream and pursue it, no matter how long it takes.

Persistence, a variety of skills, creativity and, most of all, a smile, even when “shit hits the fan” :)

The Nettle Curry is a must-have, since it really fuels not only my body but also my happiness after long days out.

An artist of some sort. 

Because it’s the only form of art I’m good at. It combines so many skills I love into one big picture and is such a creative puzzle to solve, yet so rewarding when you add a new pathway to the world. Somehow, it always feels like a portal to another dimension.