Matthias König is a passionate mountaineer and extreme skier. A full-time secondary school teacher, he has repeatedly led alpine tours with students. In recent years, he was often found in the Asian high mountains, where he climbed Peak Communism (7495m) in 2015 and Dhaulagiri (8176m) in 2017 as his first eight-thousander. He climbed peaks such as Ama Dablam, Chapaeva Peak, Ararat, Damavand, and Kluchevskaya Sopka as part of extensive travels to all corners of Asia. However, his real focus is steep face skiing.

Matthias has skied numerous steep faces like the beautiful ski descent of Laila Peak in Pakistan and in the Alps the Marinelli Couloir on Monte Rosa, the Lauper Route on the Mönch, or the Matterhorn East Face. In addition to mountaineering, Matthias also paraglides and enjoys launching on high peaks. His language skills include native High German and Bernese German as well as English, French, Italian and Russian.