Michi Wohlleben
Name: Michi Wohlleben
Date of birth: 1990
Nationality: Germany
Paraglider: PI ULS
Harness: STRAPLESS
Achievements: Pro Alpinist & Mountainguide
ABOUT
Michi is a professional mountaineer and mountain guide. Even as a child, he spent time in the mountains, and as a teenager he had already stood on Mont Blanc and climbed routes graded 8 and 9. The native German has been living with his family in Switzerland for several years now, in the canton of Appenzell.
INTERVIEW
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST FLIGHT? HOW WAS IT?
Yes. It was very unspectacular on the Schwäbische Alb.
Your most beautyful flying experience?
Probably the take-off from the Bernina with Ueli Steck. We never thought we would be able to launch there. And then, after a while, we somehow made it out and flew over the impressive glacier landscape towards Pontresina. Or my longest flatland flight; I launched from our 20-meter-high ridge, climbed up to 2,000 meters, and flew nearly 100 km eastward with the westerly wind, landing in my parents’ garden.
YOUR THREE TOP FLYING AREAS?
Alpstein, flatlands of Germany, Vorarlberg
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON A DAY THAT IS NOT FLYABLE?
Climbing, mountaineering
WHY DO YOU FLY FOR ADVANCE?
After several accidents and negative experiences, I wanted to move away from single skins. The new PI convinced me. And it's a Swiss company.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD?
Pizza
WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH TO LIFE?
"You don't know if you don't go." However, that does not apply to paraglider launches. I have become a bit more defensive there in recent years.
Michis equipment
