Wingsuit pilot

Wingsuit pilot

The Swiss Géraldine Fasnacht is a pioneer. At the crossroads between mountaineering and aeronautics, she flies into the void all over the world.

Paris Match, 2014

The story

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The story

Drawing on the high-mountain knowledge gained through freeride snowboarding and her experience in parachuting since 1998, Géraldine performs world premieres in base jumping and wingsuit flying.

She has opened flights from some of the most beautiful summits on the planet — in Switzerland, France, Baffin Island, Greenland, Iran, Mali, China and Antarctica — from the mythical Drus and Holtanna to the Matterhorn, flying alongside the eagles.

A wingsuit is designed like a wing: it increases the glide ratio and lets a human fly after leaping into the void. It can be flown from a plane, a helicopter, a cliff or a summit — playing with the relief of the mountain like a bird.

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