caption birth_place birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
`` the rally princess '' täby , sweden 5 september 1968 enduro on a motorcycle racer , rally driver and for climbing everest annie seel
 annie seel public speaker and marketing consultant
annie seel

annie seel -lrb- born 5 september 1968 -rrb- is a swedish-born motorcyclist who set a world altitude record for climbing to mount everest base camp on a motorcycle .
seel climbed to , breaking the existing unofficial record by more than , 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 .
previously known as an enduro racer and a leading female competitor in the paris-dakar rally , seel was awarded the swedish `` adventurer of the year '' award in 2005 for being the first woman to compete in the tsco vegas to reno desert motorcycle race , 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 .
during the 2010 dakar rally , seel crashed into a deep tomb but continued to complete the race .
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 .
