Dani Arnold

Dani Arnold (born 22 February 1984) is a Swiss extreme mountaineer who grew up in the Canton of Uri and trained first as a mechanical engineer and then as a mountain guide. He specialised in solo climbing and extremely fast ascents of major walls and works as a professional alpinist for sponsors. He holds speed records on five of the six great north faces of the Alps, including the Matterhorn north face in 1 hour 46 minutes in 2015, the Grandes Jorasses by the Walker Spur in 2018, the Cima Grande di Lavaredo in 2019, a solo ascent of the Piz Badile north face in 2020 and the Petit Dru in 2021. From 2011 to 2015 he held the record for the fastest solo ascent of the Eiger north face, in 2 hours 28 minutes, until Ueli Steck bettered it. His expeditions include the first winter ascent of Torre Egger in Patagonia in 2010 and a winter ascent of Cerro Torre in 2013.