Alexander Huber - "We are still waiting on some high walls"

Suunto athlete talks about current projects and ideas for the future

The size was the Alexander Huber has immediately excited when he first saw a SUUNTO. Long before he and his brother Thomas, known worldwide as the Huber brothers, were officially sponsored, the two top climbers relied on the sports precision instruments. On the 75th Anniversary of the Finnish company's 42-year-old talks about his first encounter SUUNTO, the site of the Huber brothers competing in the mountaineering world, from the current project "Karma".

Alex, it was two years have you and your brother, Thomas, an expedition to Pakistan announced for this summer. Now was from Pakistan Austria: the sun wall at the Lofer Alm, only about 45 minutes drive away from you at home. It draws you into the distance not more?

"No, no. The Pakistan project is still on our agenda. But we often react very spontaneously. Now we have found on the sunny wall, a project that is so awesome that we have thrown overboard all the plans. This wall could not wait. There is simply sensational routes. The location, the environment, the rock - it's perfect. "

Your little daughter is not the reason that you prefer browsing the challenges in the immediate vicinity?

"Although I am dad, but still climbing and climbers. The decision for a project in the Tyrolean Alps, is so purely athletic. "

In August 2010 You are the route with Thomas' Stoamanndl "climbed redpoint. What is it now?

Karma "Our goal is to redpoint the route is" ". We first climbed the route last fall, yet, now we want to free climb. And that is really hard: seven pitches, two of them in the tenth, two in the eleventh grade. "

How did you come up with the name?

"We define ourselves by what we do. Our karma, so our action is the climbing . And we look forward to this challenge we have set ourselves. "

A film crew from ZDF and accompany you during your preparations for the celebration. What kind of movie fans can expect the climbing and when?

"It is a documentary being filmed originally in 3D. That is, the scenes are shot with two cameras. That is impressive. I think the film brings the sport to a new level. He is expected on 03 October broadcast on TV. "

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You once said, it is increasingly difficult to accomplish in the alpine area of pioneering work, because the power density at the top had become so closely. Where the Huber brothers to see their long-term place in the great mountaineering and rock climbing competition?

"Clearly in the high alpine area. There is not as dominant as in force for sport climbing . There, choose the right tactics and more experience with the success of a company. It is for us a great gift that we may be active so versatile. We have the opportunity to climb to connect to high-Alpine tours "

When climbing you can not keep up with today probably the best in the world.

"Absolutely not. I'm in my 42 years long since reached my limit. When I was climbing up from 1992 1996 at the world's best - and that's me since that time no longer. Thomas and I have our interest in sports then moved to the big walls. In the Alps, in Yosemite, the Himalayas, the Karakoram, Patagonia and the Antarctic - it's nice to be active in such diverse regions on earth can. And in the future waiting for us for some high walls of the route as "Eternal Flame" at the Nameless Tower in Pakistan to over 6,000 meters altitude, in 2009 we were the first redpoint climb. "

So yet again to Pakistan?

"As I said, the project we have in mind, but is yet to reveal anything more precise. It is well-2013th For 2012, we have already planned something else great things. But when I see how many times do we have plans in the short term thrown overboard, then I prefer to always tell them only when it's ready. "

You trust in your expeditions and projects for years to watch from Suunto. What features are you with your companies most important?

"Of course it depends on where we use our SUUNTO. A good example are sure Tours in Patagonia and the Nameless Tower in the Karakoram. If they scrambled away from civilization, it is worth gold to be able to check the air pressure fluctuations. Also specify how many meters per hour, we cover is incredibly helpful. These data are important for motivation as well as for safety on the mountain. "

If the clock has become so necessary to a companion on your trips?

"I always say: Really essential is your own mountaineering skills. But an important companion SUUNTO is in any case. The company has just become a trustworthy partner. "

How did you hear about because the clocks?

"We have discovered at times someone on the wrist. Since the interest was immediately aroused. Thus, a Suunto is overlooked by the way ... That was hardly the first thing that totally inspired me and always enthusiastic: the size of the watch. Because you really have space and can read all the information in any situation immediately. That's cool. "

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