Plane problem
- Hits: 120
Géraldine's life is about risk management, pushing boundaries and team building. For about 10 years, Géraldine has given conferences worldwide, in French or in English, for individuals and companies. She shares her vision through the adventures and the experiences she has achieved. During these talks entrepreneurship and extreme sports bond into one universe.
The surpassing of oneself, the realization of one’s dreams and the management of risks is experienced through images and films from her adventures.
Her high mountain knowledge gained with freeride snowboarding since the age of 15, combined with her experiences in parachuting since 1998, Géraldine performs world premieres in base jumping and wingsuit flying. Opening some of the most beautiful summits around the globe: Switzerland, France, Baffin Island, Greenland, Iran, Mali, China and Antarctica – from mythical peaks ranging from Les Drus, Chamonix, Holtanna, Antarctica, to the Matterhorn, Switzerland flying alongside great eagles.
A wingsuit is designed like a wing that increases the glide ratio which allow humans to fly. It can be used to jump from a plane or a cliff. Today with the new technology wingsuit enables us to fly along the mountainside and really feel like a bird.
In 2002 Géraldine Fasnacht won the first place at the Verbier Xtreme, the most extreme freeride competition in the world. That same year, at the age of 21, five additional victories propulsed her to the top of the freeride competition world. Always ready to go beyond her limits, she took part in International freeride competitions accross the globe and in the Freeride World Tour for eight years.
Her results :11 international freeride victories, 3 in the grand final of the Verbier Xtreme, and 23 podiums worldwide.
Géraldine loves discovering new horizons and experiencing new sensations. Since 2005 she has been carrying out groundbreaking expeditions to conquer the most beautiful summits. She has left traces with her snowboard on incredibly steep slopes and has performed breath-taking wingsuit flights.