ACROSS ALL BORDERS - BIKEPACKING EUROPE

In 2022, at the age of 18, I spent seven months visiting all 44 countries of Europe, reaching every capital and climbing each nation’s highest mountain. Only by bike and on foot. Completely alone. I slept outside almost every night, not in a tent, but just with a sleeping bag and mat. All my gear, including crampons and an ice axe, I carried myself the entire way.
In 204 days, I covered just over 36,000 kilometers, that’s nearly 200 kilometers a day on average.
It was a journey full of challenges and pure joy, full of adventure - dog bites, food poisoning, drug dealers, an arrest, sunstroke, loneliness, snowstorms, heat, getting lost, or countless nights in places not really meant for sleeping.
A journey full of mistakes, emotions, encounters, and pushing limits.
And above all, a journey full of thoughts and realizations.

Find out more about the project on Instagram or join one of my live talks!

Impressions from BIKEPACKING EUROPE: 44 countries. 204 days. Countless memories.

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GIPFELI OF SWITZERLAND

Tour dör d'Schwiiz 2020
In the summer of 2020, I wrote my high school graduation project titled “Tour dör d'Schwiiz”  (Tour of Switzerland).
Over the course of 38 days, I visited all 250 Swiss cities by bike and climbed the highest mountain in each of the 26 cantons.
Nearly 7,000 kilometers, 100,000 meters of elevation gain, and 52 mountain passes - just to name a few numbers.
Some of the stages were rather extreme: 500 kilometers on the bike in a single day, 13 passes in two days, or climbing the Dufourspitze and the Finsteraarhorn, both as day trips from the valley, on foot.
Right after finishing school, I joined the military. And since I’d enjoyed this “Tour dör d'Schwiiz” so much, I wanted to do the same thing again before starting university - just this time, across all of Europe.
That’s how the Bikepacking Europe project was born.


Gipfeli of Switzerland 2024
My studies at ETH were pretty time-consuming, so during the first four semesters there was only room for a few smaller tours and projects, usually between a few days and three weeks, and rarely overly ambitious.
In the summer of 2024, I once again felt like taking on something physically challenging - although, as usual, I didn’t have much time.
So, just before the exams in August, I spent three weeks trying to find the best Gipfeli in Switzerland - and, along the way, climbed the highest peak in each of the country’s 26 cantons.
Only by bike and on foot, in one continuous journey, carrying all my gear myself.
Together with the Black Forest Collective, we turned the adventure into a 40-minute film which will be shown all across Europe this winter as part of the European Outdoor Film Tour (EOFT)!

Impressions GIPFELI OF SWITZERLAND: 26 summits. 26 croissants. 21 days.

ACROSS ALL BORDERS II - COMING SOON!

​The next big adventure is in the making! The same idea as when I was 18 in Europe - just on a new continent. All countries, and the highest mountain in each.
By bike, on foot, and by sailboat.
It’s going to be bigger, wilder, farther, and cooler than anything I’ve ever done before!
More details coming soon.
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