Annie Seel

Annie Seel (born 5 September 1968) is a Swedish-born motorcyclist who set a world altitude record for climbing to Mount Everest base camp on a motorcycle. Seel climbed to 5,305 m (17,405 ft), breaking the existing unofficial record by more than 50 m (160 ft),[1] using a 20-year-old Honda XL250 fitted with ice tires. This limitation was due to the Nepalese government's ban on the importation of new motorcycles to Nepal.[2] This record has now been broken by another female rider, Tamsin Jones, who with her partner, Craig Bounds, climbed to 5359m in 2011.

Annie Seel
Born (1968-09-05) 5 September 1968
Täby, Sweden
Occupation(s)public speaker and marketing consultant
Known forEnduro racer, rally driver and for climbing Everest on a motorcycle

Previously known as an enduro racer and a leading female competitor in the Paris-Dakar Rally,[3] Seel was awarded the Swedish "Adventurer of The Year" award in 2005 for being the first woman to compete in the 500-mile (800 km) TSCO Vegas to Reno desert motorcycle race,[4] where she finished as the fifth highest amateur and was FIM first "Ride Green" woman eco-enduro champion in a race for electric motorcycles supporting environmentally responsible motorsports racing.[5][6]

During the 2010 Dakar Rally, Seel crashed into a 16 ft (4.9 m) deep tomb but continued to complete the race.[7] She also competed in the world's first electric grand prix "TTXGP 2010" at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in the UK, riding the Morris Motorcycles Racing team's Mavizen TTX02 machine.[8][9]

References
  1. Woman sets Everest bike record, Motorcycle News, 26 August 2003
  2. Woman to ride up Everest, Motorcycle News, 1 July 2003
  3. Matförgiftad Seel kör vidare (in Swedish), Dagens Nyheter AB, 11 January 2011, archived from the original on 15 March 2016, retrieved 2 July 2012
  4. European Adventurer of The Year, archived from the original on 2012-11-16, retrieved 2012-07-10
  5. Honours shared in first-ever Eco Enduro, Motorcycle News, 14 December 2009
  6. FIM Eco Ride Green, archived from the original on 2012-05-16
  7. Chris Newbigging (15 January 2010), Dakar racer crashes into 16ft tomb – continues racing, Motorcycle News, archived from the original on 25 December 2010, retrieved 11 July 2012
  8. Dan Aspel (6 July 2010), TTXGP 2010 comes to the UK, Motorcycle News
  9. TTXGP COMES TO BRANDS HATCH FOR ITS PENULTIMATE DATE IN AN HISTORIC 2010, eGrandPrix Ltd., 30 September 2010, retrieved 2012-07-10

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