Evelyne Binsack

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Evelyne Binsack (born May 17, 1967 in Stans ) is a Swiss mountain guide , helicopter pilot and adventurer.

Career

1983–1987, the later adventurer did a sales apprenticeship in a sports shop. She also worked as a painter , hut warden or roofer . In 1991 Evelyne Binsack received her diploma as a mountain guide . Seven years later, she also completed her training as a helicopter pilot.

Buildering

In 1996 she climbed what was then the tallest office building in Europe, the 257 meter high Frankfurt Messeturm .

Alpinism / expeditions

On May 23, 2001, the mountain guide was the first Swiss woman to reach the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest . She climbed the most difficult alpine walls , such as B. the Frêneyppeiler on Mont Blanc , the Gletscherhorn or the Eiger north face . During the second Mount Everest expedition in the spring of 2005, her two comrades broke off base camp against Binsack's will after the weather forecast indicated no improvement; Despite this disappointment, she wants to try again at some point.

From September 1, 2006 to December 28, 2007, Binsack carried out the "Expedition Antarctica". She reached the South Pole with the help of skis, sledges, bicycles and on foot. From Innertkirchen in her home country, Switzerland, she covered 27,000 kilometers. The company succeeded with the help of sponsors and aimed to raise awareness of global problems such as poverty , environmental degradation and climate change . As a charity partner, SOS Children's Villages benefited from the publicity of the expedition. Evelyne Binsack trained as a documentary filmmaker in America in 2012 and wants to create film lectures in this sector in the future.

literature

  • Gabriella Baumann von Arx: Steps at the Limit. The first Swiss woman to climb Mount Everest. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-89405-221-X ( National geographic adventure press 221).
  • Markus Maeder: Expedition Antarctica. 484 days to the end of the world. Wörterseh Verlag, Gockhausen 2008, ISBN 978-3-03763-004-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ baz.ch ( memento from June 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) from December 31, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Binsack, Evelyne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss mountain guide, helicopter pilot and adventurer
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Stans