Bertrand Piccard
Explorer
1958-03-01
Bertrand Piccard is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist, and environmental advocate. He is known for pioneering long-distance balloon flights and for leading the Solar Impulse project for solar-powered aviation.
Books by Bertrand Piccard
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Quotes by Bertrand Piccard
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My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean... For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.
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I'm learning kite surfing. It's a little surfboard you have on your feet with straps, and you have a big kite like a power glider in the air that pulls you. You don't need waves to move, and it makes a big spray of water as you go.
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