name: Bertrand Piccard
birth_date: 1958-03-01 00:00:00
genres: Spirituality, Psychology, Sports
avg_rating: 4.07
ratings_count: 288
about: Bertrand Picard is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe.He was born in Lausanne, Vaud, a Swiss canton, into a family of explorers. His grandfather Auguste Piccard was a balloonist and his father, Jacques Piccard was an undersea explorer. He currently is trying to perform the first round-the-world solar flight, where he is the initiator, chairman, and pilot.