| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 9th Sep 1859 |
| Date of death | 8th Apr 1921 |
| Age | 61 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Aleister Crowley | |
Oscar Eckenstein was an English rock climber, mountaineer and bouldering pioneer. Inventor of the modern crampon, and the short-shafted ice axe. Leader of the first serious expedition to attempt K2.
[1] The Eckenstein Boulder which Eckenstein is said to have described as embodying 'all the fundamental problems that are such a joy to mountaineers'
[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/351IFQ6dWHAvGjYlhk2JfL
[3] https://www.instagram.com/p/DYM68ZlEej5/?img_index=2
[4] https://www.alexroddie.com/2012/12/oscar-eckenstein-first-true-innovator/
| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 9th Sep 1859 |
| Date of death | 8th Apr 1921 |
| Age | 61 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Aleister Crowley | |
Oscar Eckenstein was an English rock climber, mountaineer and bouldering pioneer. Inventor of the modern crampon, and the short-shafted ice axe. Leader of the first serious expedition to attempt K2.
[1] The Eckenstein Boulder which Eckenstein is said to have described as embodying 'all the fundamental problems that are such a joy to mountaineers'
[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/351IFQ6dWHAvGjYlhk2JfL
[3] https://www.instagram.com/p/DYM68ZlEej5/?img_index=2
[4] https://www.alexroddie.com/2012/12/oscar-eckenstein-first-true-innovator/