Michael Gebert

Adventurer

Full name: Michael Gebert
Born in: Ulm/Germany
Lives in: Oberstdorf /Allgäu
Family: Really important, but I am a single
Profession: Paragliding and hanggliding instructor
Eats: I like fruits and vegetables but usually I eat everything
Drinks: Fresh fruit juice with mango, pineapple and avocado or a good fresh beer
Speaks: German!, English, Portuguese
Sports: Hang - and paragliding, speedriding, cross country skiing, skiing, mountaineering, mountainbiking
Favourite restaurant or hang out: That could be a nice beach bar in Brasil, a cool bar at my hometown or an easy restaurant in Ethiopia, it depends one the time and the friends...where the best place is.
Reads: Books about expeditions and exploration adventures from the last centuries. "The old man and the ocean" by Hemmingway and "Momo" by Michael Ende - a really good book for children about the missing time from the people
Listens to: It´s not only one kind of music i like but in general its real instrumental music
Favourite colour: Green/ yellow
Always in the hand luggage: A good book and dental floss
The best airport in the world: Panama City and Florianopolis/ Brasil
Hidden talent: I like to cook, and I think not so bad. A good mediator.
Best adventure experience: It’s a mountain of experiences. But one really unusual flight was this year in Brasil: at night with the full moon. It was possible to fly along a ridge, more than 10km always belong the beach, with the moonshine on the water, the sound of the waves and the jungle. This all together with a good friend. The smile was really big after that.
Last trip: This winter time, Brasil, Venezuela and Ethiopia in all countries one month.
Worst buy ever: All the things where you think you need it really important and than you never use it.
Best bargain ever: It was the really last day of my old car, a man with a big new car crashed into my one. That was a good starting up for my new one.
Bored by: People who think they are so important and people who are telling you only and always invented stories
Amused by: Funny street artists ore performer all over the world
Childhood memory No 1: I was slide down a small mountain behind my house but is was to much snow to climb up again and i was waiting more than one our for somebody who helped me
Motto: Take it easy
Positive characteristic: To check out the best in the worst situation, dont loose my fun in a every situations, not unforgiving and i think i am a good friend
Negative characteristic: Sometimes i am to stubborn, it's difficult for me to find a decision and it's not so easy to have me as a boyfriend.
Hates: People who wants to show you his power like sometimes a policeman and the atmosphere in a hospital
Favourite way to dress: Easy, colorful, casual
Fears: To get really serious injured or becoming a bad illness and have to stay long time in a hospital.
Sleeps: The best place is in the nature only with the stars over you
Plays: Not my popular pastime
Desire: More fairness for the poor people of the world
Favourite city: Rio de Janeiro, Reykjavik, Munich
Believes in: For sure not the church.
Misses while away from home: My big bed! But it needs a long time to miss something from home.
Favourite movie: Central station, good action movies, Kukushka
Best ice cream combination: Tiramisu with Stracciatella
Morning person or night owl: Morning person
Favourite person to spend time with: My best friends Felix and Federico, we always spend all the trips together and it’s always a never ending fun and really good expressions.
Animal correspondence: Eagle and capricorn
Worst failure: That I ignored the chance to learn a lot of languages in the school time.
Life soundtrack: Jorge Bem,  samba musician from Brasil.
Place to return to: My home where I live.
Favourite Peak Performance item: Edwin Zip and the Black light Jackets
Favourite quote or saying: Carpe diem…
Worst date: The beginning of my school carrier. It was a hard fight all the years.
Best date: Dates where I meet people who are really important for me.
Definition of injustice: If the social status of a person play a role in any kind of decision
Life-long love: The most important thing ever…
Fashion no-no: American leggings for women
Favourite material: Merino wool
Dream: A world without war and social injustice, but I think that will be a dream.
Worst nightmare: If you want to run and its not possible…
Michael Gebert