Georg "Schorsch" Nickaes (born 12 June 1971) is a German
ski mountaineer
Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...
and speaker of the German ski mountaineering team.
Nickaes was born in
Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall (; Central Bavarian: ''Reichahoi'') is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Stau ...
. He enjoys also
mountain running
Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; its courses are more ...
and
ice climbing
Ice climbing is a climbing discipline that involves ascending routes consisting entirely of frozen water. To ascend, the ice climber uses specialist equipment, particularly double ice axes (or the more modern ice tools) and rigid crampons. ...
, and finished the army mountain guide training in 1994. He started in international ski mountaineering races after 1999. He was buried with two companions by a snow slab during a three-day ski mountaineering a few years ago, but they freed themselves. , 2b-Sportredaktion, December 22, 2003. Nickaes is married with one child.
Selected results
* 1999:
** German record time, "DIAMIR-Race"
* 2001:
** German record time,
Trofeo Mezzalama
The Mezzalama Trophy (, , a.k.a. ''white marathon''Gerhard Reithmeier and Matthias Robl)
** 2nd, Mountain Attack race
* 2002:
** 3rd, "International Open", Saalbach
* 2004:
** 3rd, German Championship single
** 7th, Mountain Attack race
* 2005:
** 5th, German Championship single
** 3rd,
European Championship
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In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
relay race (together with
Franz Graßl
Franz Graßl (born 7 March 1965) is a German ski mountaineer.
Graßl was born in Berchtesgaden. He is member of the Berchtesgaden branch of the German Alpine Club (DAV) and the Bergwacht. He was member of the German ski-mountaineering team unti ...
,
Stefan Klinger
Stefan Klinger (born 24 April 1978) is a German ski mountaineer.
Klinger was born in Anger. He inspired his girl friend Stefanie Koch to compete also in the national ski mountaineering team.
Selected results
* 2003:
** 1st, Predigtstuhl rac ...
World Championship
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relay race (together with Toni Steurer, Franz Graßl and
Martin Echtler
Martin Echtler (born 14 January 1969) is a German ski mountaineer. He also competes in mountain running.
Echtler was born in Peiting. His sister Christine Echtler-Schleich is also member of the German skimountaineering team.
Selected results
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)
Patrouille des Glaciers
* 2006: 7th ("seniors II" ranking), together with Wolfgang Palzer and Tim Stachel''2006 Patrouille des Glaciers'' , p. 17.
* 2008: 2nd ("seniors I" ranking), together with Gerhard Reithmeier and
Benedikt Böhm
Benedikt "Bene" Böhm (born 15 August 1977 in Munich) is a German extreme ski mountaineer and alpinist. Together with Sebastian Haag, he has set records in speed ski mountaineering on Muztagata and the Gasherbrum II.
Böhm grew up with five si ...