Benedikt "Bene" Böhm (born 15 August 1977 in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

) is a German extreme ski mountaineer and alpinist. Together with Sebastian Haag, he has set records in speed ski mountaineering on

Muztagata Muztagh Ata (meaning 'Ice Mountain Father' in English language, English), formerly known as Mount Tagharma and Wi-tagh, is the second highest of the mountains which form the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, with an elevation of . It is some ...

and the

Gasherbrum II Gasherbrum II (; ; ); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan and ...

. Böhm grew up with five siblings in Harlaching, a borough of Munich. One of his brothers is the German artist Corbinian Böhm. Böhm is a member of the national German Skimountaineering Team and member of the ''Dynafit

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team''. He is the CEO of Dynafit, an outdoor equipment retailer.

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 Pete Swenson (born December 25, 1967) from Breckenridge, Colorado, is an American ski mountaineer and Competition Director of the United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USSMA). Swanson attended the Colorado College until 1990. Selecte ...

''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''

External links

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bohm, Benedikt German mountain climbers German male ski mountaineers Sportspeople from Munich 1977 births Living people