Benedikt Böhm

Benedikt "Bene" Böhm (born 15 August 1977^[1] in Munich) is a German extreme ski mountaineer and extreme skier. Together with Sebastian Haag he keeps the records in speed ski mountaineering at the Muztagata and the Gasherbrum II.

Böhm has grown up with five siblings in Harlaching, a borough of Munich. One of his brothers is the German artist Corbinian Böhm. Böhm is member of the national German Skimountaineering Team and member of the Dynafit Gore-Tex team. He also works at Dynafit as an international sales manager.

Selected results

• 2004:
  • 5th, German Championship
• 2005:
  • 5th, German Championship
  • speed record in high altitude mountaineering with downhill skiing at the Muztagata together with Sebastian Haag under the leadership of Matthias Robl, 23 August 2005
• 2006:
  • speed record in high altitude mountaineering with downhill skiing at the Gasherbrum II together with Sebastian Haag under the leadership of Luis Stitzinger, 3 August 2006

Patrouille des Glaciers

• 2008: 2nd ("seniors I" ranking), together with Georg Nickaes and Gerhard Reithmeier
• 2010: 2nd ("seniors II" ranking), together with Javier Martín de Villa and Pete Swenson^[2]

External links

• Benedikt Böhm at skimountaineering.org
• Stefan Winter: Germans summit G2 and then ski down: great pictures!

References