Climbers / Index

Climbers from Germany

Ordered by the number of ascents recorded.

Climber Name # Ascents Recorded Notes
Paul Bauer 0

German mountaineer and National Socialist sports official who led the German Kangchenjunga expeditions of 1929 and 1931 and the 1938 Nanga Parbat expedition. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia (de) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bauer_(Bergsteiger)

Raphaela Haug 0
Toni Kurz 0

Toni Kurz was a German mountaineer. He is known for his attempt in the then unclimbed North Face of The Eiger and tragic death on the attempt.

Udo Neumann 0

References

[1] Bouldering photos from the 80s and 90s taken by Udo https://www.flickr.com/photos/udini/albums/72157666368106381

[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/72BwNxpqVNUfzTbrUjUIFk?

[3] https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nIF1qVIaBDvt4aH7vjXSh?

[4] https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Img0bZEpx2dXL7skB2rIL?

Uwe Kerner 0
Volker Schöffl 0

Volker Schöffl is a German climber and medical doctor. He is one of the leading experts in treating climbing related injuries.

References

[1] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/climbing-has-a-red-s-problem-eugen-burtscher-volker-schoffl-resign-ifsc-medical-commission.html

Willi Rickmer Rickmers 0
Willo Welzenbach 0

One of the foremost German rock climbers and mountaineers of the interwar period. "The father of modern ice climbing" [2] who was first to use ice pitons and developed his own crampons and bivi tent. UIAA rock climbing grades were invented by Welzenbach as a I to VI scale, and it was only in the late 1960s that this was expanded to VII and harder. Welzenbach died on Nanga Parbat.

References

[1] https://www.alpinwiki.at/portal/navigation/erst-besteiger/erstbesteigerdetail.php?erstbesteiger=8877

[2] Unsworth, W (1986). Savage Snows: Story of Mont Blanc. UK, Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 133–137

[3] https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd118631144.html#ndbcontent

Willy Merkl 0

German engineer and mountaineer who led the 1932 German-American Himalayan expedition and died on Nanga Parbat in 1934, probably on 16 July. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia (de) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Merkl

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