Professional career: in foreign exchange & money broking business. End of career in managing positions. Afterwards company owner in real estate markets.
Athletics: Mainly long distance running: Marathon 2h 44min 100 km 9h 08 min
Triathlon: All distances up to Ironman: 1st Luxembourger to finish Hawaii Ironman
Seven summits project: 1997-2007 The goal is to climb the highest peak on every continent. I summited 6 of the 7:
1. Kilimanjaro (Africa/Tanzania) 1997 (My first summit ever)
2. Elbrus (Europe/Russia) 2000
3. Aconcagua (South America/Argentina) 2001
4. Vinson (Antarctica) 2003 1st Luxembourger to summit
5. Everest (Asia/Nepal) 2004 Attempt, turned around at 7300m
6. Carstensz (Australasia/Indonesia/Papua) 2005 1st Luxembourger to summit
7. Denali (North America/Alaska) 2007
South Pole: 2005: 1st Luxembourger to reach the geographic South Pole, skiing from 89° south to 90° south
North Pole: 2006: Second Luxemburger to reach the geographic North Pole, guiding a dogsled from 88° north to 90° north. Only Luxembourger having reached both poles.
Alpinism: summited 27 4000m+ peaks in the Alps. plus other peaks all aver the world
Trecking: 2005: 2 weeks trecking in Papua, living with the Papous (see gallery)
Luxembourg - Santiago de Compostela: 2002 Walking from my home to Santiago; more then 2000km in 56 days
Crossing Tibet: 2007 Riding a Mountain Bike from Lhasa (Tibet) to Kathmandu (Nepal), cycling up to Everest Base
Race across America: 2008 The toughest bicycle race in the world!
Competing as a 4 men team. Winner of our age category
Luxembourg - Beirut: 2009 cycling solo 5200 km
Luxembourg - Beijing: 2010 A 21361 km journey by different means
2011: New project: Ruta Panamericana On the road at the moment
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