Dani Arnold has been living his passion for 20 years: extreme mountaineering. Expeditions have taken him all over the world to challenging routes in rock and ice.

Born in 1984, professional mountaineer and mountain guide Dani Arnold, preferred in 2011 to hang up his job as a machine mechanic and follow an unknown path into the mountain world. It was like a return to his roots, because he grew up at 1700 metres, high above the Schächen valley, and went to school every day by cable car down into the valley. Mountaineering, expeditions, rock climbing and ice climbing in various countries around the world are pure enthusiasm for him. Because the mountains may be the biggest playground in the world, but they are also brutally honest.

Dani Arnold talks enthusiastically about his passion, the mountains. What drives him? How does he deal with defeats? No matter what line of work you come from. Parallels to mountaineering are everywhere. Using videos and pictures, he gives an insight into his life and beautiful landscapes.

Lecture topics by Dani Arnold:

• The duel on the precipice – risk management
• Moving mountains: Overcoming challenges and pushing boundaries
• Mental strength – solving problems with positive thinking and resilience

Dani Arnold tries to combine speed and difficulty in his projects. He searches for his limits not only in summer, but especially in winter. Some key points in his life: speed records on the north faces of the Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses, first ascents in Patagonia, Alaska, Pakistan and China. He is particularly proud of the mixed routes he has climbed in Scotland. “The Hurting” and “Anubis” are technically and mentally some of the most demanding climbs there are. He is one of the strongest extreme alpinists in the world and is considered Europe’s best-known free solo climber.

Dani Arnold: The mountains are brutally honest. “If you’re too bad, you won’t get up. There are no excuses, you alone are always the culprit.”

Expeditions, rock climbing and ice climbing in various countries around the world are his passion. Despite a few defeats and unsuccessful expeditions, Dani Arnold never lost his love of mountaineering and his appreciation of the beauty of the mountains.

In 2023, Dani Arnold’s Netflix documentary was released: “Duel on the Abyss” – Just over two years ago, he completed the biggest project of his life: climbing the six great alpine north faces in record time occupied, accompanied and shaped him over a period of 10 years. All in all, the climbs took just 9 hours and 39 minutes.

With a steep mixture of images and film sequences, Dani Arnold lets the audience share in the world of the mountains. It’s about success and failure on the big mountains, about tactics and feeling for the big walls and about the values and goals you need as a mountaineer. Because it is not the mountain that you conquer, but always your own self. Mountaineering is a metaphor for life and therefore leaves room for looking at daily challenges from a completely new perspective.

The length of the presentation can be arranged very flexibly and depends entirely on the client’s wishes and the structure of the event. As a rule, it is between 20 minutes and one hour. Key topics can include motivation, innovation, creativity, planning, risk, team spirit and risk management. The presentation is customized according to the client’s wishes.