Peter von Känel

STEEP FROZEN Mit grosser Freude darf ich euch mein erstes Buch vorstellen. Dieses praxisbezogene Lehrbuch fasst in kompakter Form eine Fülle von nützlichem Wissen rund ums Eisklettern, Mixedklettern und Drytooling zusammen. Abschnitte zu mentalen Aspekten und Ausrüstung runden dieses übersichtlich strukturierte Werk ab. Dank dem kompakten Format lässt sich das Buch auch als nützliches Nachschlagewerk für unterwegs verwenden. Mehr Infos und eine Leseprobe findest du auf meiner Website obsig.ch (Link in der Bio). Du darfst den Beitrag auch gerne mit deinen Freunden teilen. Herzlichen Dank an alle Beteiligten! @alpinschuleadelbodenkandersteg @silvanschupbach @_boedeler @michaela_mooz @rolfzurbrugg @voidegabriel @simu_wahli @vladek_zumr @petzl_official @saerliih #mixedklettern #eisklettern #drytool #mountaineering #klettern #berg #eis #frozen

High alpine spring skiing. Just nice. #jungfrauregion🇨🇭 #skitouring

Two days of excellent power conditions beginning of April. We focused on the descents and skipped all summits, but managed to ski multiple first lines. Georg @schurli_senoner

Nine months after my nearly-fatal accident in Norway, beginning of April 2026 I commercially guided my first ski tour. Georg @schurli_senoner and me got two days of outstanding powder conditions. This was an important achievement for me after long journey: After my repatriation to Switzerland by @rega_offiziell and another week in the Inselspital Bern, I was moved to @rehabellikon . Starting in a wheelchair, the excellent therapy quickly brought back strength and coordination. Four weeks later, I was discharged home. I kept focusing to recovery and completed many sessions in the Gym of Therapiezentrum Kandertal. The traumatic experience of my accident and its mental processing was (and still is) a real challenge for me. Many thoughts are unpleasant to endure. But besides all the negative aspects, I learned a lot about risk management. Furthermore, I became acquainted with several inspiring people and held highly interesting discussions. I wouldn't want to miss those aspects.

Paragliding accident, part 3: Learnings. Confident and relaxed, I judged that ground handling and coast soaring there and then was completely unproblematic. Therefore, I didn't bother thinking about what could go wrong and, if so, how to handle this. My intention in case of changing conditions was just to top-land at the take-off site. Therefore, the quickly increasing and gusty wind caught me off guard. The safer option, flying down to the beach and landing there, was not available to me in this moment. I even ignored a warning when I flew away from the terrain and caught a first, unexpected collapse. Due to my height, handling this collapse was routine and didn't bother me, and I stayed completely relaxed. I assume that a less experienced pilot would have been frightened and therefore considered seeking an alternative landing spot. I unfortunately missed this, and for once, my experience and routine were counterproductice in this specific moment. For this flight, my sub-optimal equipment fit with my overconfidence: XXLITE single-skin glider, F*Lite harness, sneakers, no helmet. Because I felt unchallenged, both my mental preparation and performance were insufficient. My main learning: Never trust your good gut feeling for easy, but risky tasks. Instead, always maintain a degree of uncertainty and keep questioning yourself. Pictures: - Keynote about risk management, the walking stick is placed prominently. - xPeaks-Keynote mid-October in the center of Toulouse. #xpeaks @hrigelmaurer_offiziell @marc.j.e.n.n.y @lionelstreiner @antoine.zan @hugovincentphotography @schweizeralpenclub

Paragliding accident, part 2: Current state I hurt myself considerably: Several broken ribs, lung contusion, broken thoracic vertebra, concussion, broken cheekbone, badly broken thigh, swelling in the cervical spine. For more than two months, my mental resilience was significantly reduced. Thinking was very tiring, and I needed way more sleep than usual. To date, my mental abilities have improved almost completely, and my lungs have recovered. My thigh was fixed with an impressive amount of metal. It still causes me trouble, and I currently need a walking stick for longer distances. All injuries are predicted to heal completely, but it will take time. Fortunately, I am not traumatized, and I am looking forward to flying again as soon as my thigh is better. For about two months, I have been visiting the gym 4 to 6 times a week. Furthermore, I started drytooling again. My shape in drytooling is currently somewhat sobering, another thing to keep working on. Overall, I feel quite good and am grateful to be alive. ...more to come. Pictures: - X-Ray: My thigh, a lot of metal. - Back in Switzerland, the team visited me in the hospital. - Good memories to #xpeaks in my gym. - Not yet elegant: My current walking style. #xpeaks @hrigelmaurer_offiziell @marc.j.e.n.n.y @lionelstreiner @antoine.zan @hugovincentphotography @schweizeralpenclub

Paragliding accident, part 1: Overview. This summer, I had a paragliding accident in the Lofoten Islands, Norway. I am sharing some insights, hopefully supporting you in avoiding common pitfalls of risky activities such as paragliding and mountaineering. I started paragliding more than 34 years ago and have many flying hours. In 2024, together with @chrigelmaurer_offiziell , I fulfilled my dream with the project #xPeaks. Until this summer, apart from a sprained foot, I never had any injuries from paragliding. Besides flying, I am an ambitious mountaineer and mountain guide. As the lead guide of the male SAC expedition team, I accompanied the team to the Lofoten Islands for our final expedition. Some of us brought light mountain paragliders. One evening, I played with my glider in the ocean wind near our camp, about 150m above the sea. It was a fun session of ground handling and soaring, and I was fully relaxed. Suddenly, within seconds, the wind picked up and got gusty. It started lifting everywhere, and I immediately attempted to land at the take-off site. A few meters before touchdown, I had a massive collapse and crashed into a rock tower and lost consciousness. My team immediately alerted the helicopter rescue service, and one hour later, I was already in the hospital in Bodo. Once the team got the message that I was stable and recovering, they finished an elegant multi-pitch trad-climbing first ascent on Storskiva. Impressive, well done! ...more to come. Pictures: - Our camp in the midnight sun, my take-off site on the left. - Me in a multi-pitch trad-climb. Picture: @hugovincentphotography - Minimalistic paraglider and harness, 1.5kg. Picture: @hugovincentphotography - Shortly before the accident. Picture: @hugovincentphotography - The team did an elegant first ascent. Picture: @hugovincentphotography #xpeaks @hrigelmaurer_offiziell @marc.j.e.n.n.y @lionelstreiner @antoine.zan @hugovincentphotography @schweizeralpenclub

Möchtest du den xPeaks Vortrag anschauen? Kein Problem. Mit deinem burnair Map Abo kannst du dir jetzt die Aufzeichnung exklusiv in der burnair Academy anschauen. 🪂 Peter von Känel nimmt dich mit auf das wohl grösste Abenteuer seines Lebens: Gemeinsam mit Chrigel Maurer hat er alle 82 Viertausender der Alpen in nur 51 Tagen bestiegen – zu Fuss und mit dem Gleitschirm. In seinem bildgewaltigen Multimediavortrag erzählt Peter, wie aus kluger Planung, Teamwork und verantwortungsvollem Risikomanagement etwas fast Unmögliches entsteht. 💬 Peter sagt dazu: «Ich möchte, dass die Zuschauer Lust bekommen, eigene Abenteuer in ihrer Region zu planen und zu erleben.» 🎓 Jetzt in der burnair Academy ansehen: 👉 academy.burnair.cloud/video/xpeaks-live-talk

Am Samstag, 25. Oktober 2025 um 19:30 Uhr hast du die einmalige Möglichkeit, das grosse Alpen Abenteuer xPeaks online mitzuerleben. Der Vortrag wird exklusiv live auf YouTube gestreamt und dauert rund zwei Mal 45 Minuten. 👉 Zum Live Talk: https://academy.burnair.cloud/article/live-talk-xpeaks oder auch oben links bei uns auf der burnair Map unter "Aktuelles" 🪂 Alle 4000er der Alpen – mit dem Gleitschirm & zu Fuss Peter von Känel nimmt dich mit auf das grösste Abenteuer seines Lebens: Gemeinsam mit Chrigel Maurer hat er alle 82 Viertausender der Alpen in einem Sommer gemeinsam bestiegen und sich dabei nur zu Fuss mit den Gleitschirmen fortbewegt. In einem bildgewaltigen Multimediavortrag zeigt Peter, wie aus kluger Planung, Teamwork und verantwortungsvollem Risikomanagement etwas fast Unmögliches entsteht. @peter_obsig sagt dazu: «Ich möchte, dass die Zuschauer Lust bekommen, eigene Abenteuer in ihrer Region zu planen und zu erleben.» 🎓 Neues Format der burnair Academy Es ist ein Versuch, etwas Neues auszuprobieren – ganz wie das Projekt xPeaks selbst. Wir geben unser Bestes, das Erlebnis möglichst authentisch zu gestalten und den Livestream reibungslos online zu stellen 📅 Samstag, 25. Oktober 2025, 19:30 Uhr - 21:15 Uhr (2x 45min) 🎥 Link zum exklusiven Livestream | burnair Academy: https://academy.burnair.cloud/article/live-talk-xpeaks Wir freuen uns sehr, dich zu dieser einmaligen Chance einzuladen und gemeinsam einen inspirierenden Abend zu erleben. Bis bald und viel Freude beim Zuschauen!

On tour again with the SAC expedition team. Before boarding the train to Lofoten next week, our mission in the area of Stockhornbiwak is opening a memorial route for our team member Titzian who passed away while descending from Stockhorn in 2023. More info to come. @baechlibergsport @schweizeralpenclub @peakpunk.ch @msr_gear @lasportivagram @petzl_official @julbo_eyewear @rohnersocks @lyofood @hugovincentphotography @marc.j.e.n.n.y @antoine.zan

Funday with dad ☀️🫶🏼 #advance #paragliding #switzerland

Rare opportunity for cost soaring at Cabo de Sao Vincente, Sagres, south Portugal. The untypical SE-wind was ideal for flying with the small kite from my wife Karin - she btw. took this nice picture. I took off and landed on a convenient parking on top of the cliff. The soaring area was only about 60m wide and the beach would have been rather unfriendly for landing, so I was glad to have this tiny airspace for myself. Another memory to last from our beautiful #interrail trip. Picture: @_boedeler #paragliding