Evelyne Binsack

Evelyne Binsack is a Swiss mountaineer, international mountain guide, adventurer, helicopter pilot and author, born on 17 May 1967 and raised in Hergiswil. In 1991, aged 24, she was one of the first women in the world, and the youngest alpinist, to receive the Swiss federal diploma as a mountain guide. She climbed the north face of the Eiger in winter in 1990 and soloed its northeast face in 1994, made eleven first ascents of 5,000 to 6,000 metre peaks in the Karakoram in 1993, and climbed Fitz Roy in 1995. She qualified as a professional helicopter pilot in 1999, studied documentary filmmaking in Los Angeles, shot a feature film on Mount Everest in 2013, and now gives lectures and coaching sessions.