Himmelwärts 1.A 2019

The Swiss Mountain Guides Association has almost 40 women. And 1300 men. In 1986, Nicole Niquille became the first woman to receive a Swiss diploma as a mountain guide. This was not easy for the then pioneer in a country where gender equality had only been enshrined in the constitution five years earlier. Nicole Niquille created a path that more than three dozen women have followed to this day. They are few, but they know exactly where they want to go: to heaven. Twelve women - famous mountain guides such as the adventurer Evelyne Binsack and the pioneer Nicole Niquille and a young aspirant from Germany or the caver who explains: "Every guest has a gray hair" - talk in this book about the passion that drives them: their love for the passing mountains on to other people. Realizing not only sporting, but also personal dreams. And by the way, she also removes many prejudices.