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Helga Hengge

summiteer who leads the world to new heights

Helga Hengge, the first German on Mount Everest and the first German woman to conquer the Seven Summits, combines creative work with athletic achievement. After graduating from high school in Munich, she moved to New York in 1991, where she worked as a fashion journalist and studied marketing, philosophy, and film. She discovered her passion for free climbing in 1996 and climbed numerous peaks on her way to becoming an extreme mountaineer. On May 27, 1999, she conquered Mount Everest via the dangerous North route in Tibet. In 2011, she reached the summit of Mount McKinley in Alaska, making history.

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Helga Hengge

Vita

Helga Hengge is not only the first German to successfully conquer the summit of Mount Everest, but is also the first German woman to stand on the Seven Summits, the highest mountains on the seven continents - without doubt the highlight of an exciting life between the extremes of creative work and top sporting performance. After graduating from high school, the Munich native moved to New York in 1991, where she worked as a freelance fashion journalist and studied marketing, philosophy and film at New York University. In 1996 she discovered her passion for free climbing and scaled many peaks in quick succession on her way to becoming an extreme mountaineer. On May 27, 1999, she managed to climb Mount Everest via the difficult and dangerous northern route in Tibet as part of the Himalayan Experience Expedition team. In May 2011 she reached the seventh of her Seven Summits, the summit of Mount McKinley in Alaska. Helga Hengge makes history - she becomes the first German woman to climb the highest mountains on the seven continents.

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Mount Everest - Mastering challenges

Mountain climbers and managers have more in common than just the urge to climb to the top. In her lecture "Mastering challenges", Helga Hengge links the principles of success of extreme challenges on Mount Everest with the principles of success in business.

 

Only the sky is higher
Helga Hengge takes the audience to the highest mountain on earth. At the end of the two-month climb; after setbacks, battles and hardships, conquered by the indomitable will of a woman and her team, the summit awaits and with it the fulfillment of a great dream. The moment when only the sky is higher.

 

Seven Summits
Helga Hengge was the first German woman to climb the highest mountains on the seven continents. She illustrates her experiences, which couldn't be more different, with spectacular images and links them to the challenges facing a global world.

 

Fireside chat: Mount Everest - Expedition Summit Storm
The challenges of extreme mountaineering and the business world are astonishingly similar. Helga Hengge's findings show an unusual way to successfully overcome them. Discussions in small groups create a unique atmosphere and deepen the spirit that Helga Hengge conveys with her experiences.

References & Press

Publications:

  • Abenteuer Seven Summits, 2015
  • Grenzerfahrungen in der Todeszone: Höhenbergsteigen hautnah erzählt, 2009
  • Nur der Himmel ist höher: Mein Weg auf den Mount Everest, 2000

Publications

Cover: Mount Everest - Nur der Himmel ist höher

Mount Everest - Nur der Himmel ist höher

ISBN : 3000311408

20.00 €

Amazon: Mount Everest - Nur der Himmel ist höher

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