Hermann Buhl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hermann Buhl

Austrian mountaineer

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1957

Profession: mountain guide, mountaineer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Hermann Buhl

  • Hermann Buhl (21 September 1924 – 27 June 1957) was an Austrian mountaineer and is considered one of the best climbers of all time.
  • He was particularly innovative in applying Alpine style to Himalayan climbing.
  • His accomplishments include: 1953 First ascent of Nanga Parbat, 8,126 metres (26,660 ft) (solo and without bottled oxygen).
  • On the way back from the summit he was forced to stand erect on a rock ledge for the entire night at 8000m altitude, in order to survive until the following morning. 1957 First ascent of Broad Peak, 8,051 metres (26,414 ft).Before his successful Nanga Parbat expedition, 31 people had died trying to make the first ascent. Buhl is the only mountaineer to have made the first ascent of an eight-thousander solo.
  • His climbing partner, Otto Kempter, was too slow in joining the ascent, so Buhl struck off alone.
  • He returned 41 hours later, having barely survived the arduous climb to the summit, 6.5 kilometers (4 miles) distant from, and 4,000 feet (1.2 kilometers) higher than camp V.
  • Experienced climbers, upon hearing later of Buhl's near-death climb, faulted him for making the attempt solo.
  • Regardless, his monumental efforts, along with spending the night untethered, on the edge of a 60-degree ice slope, standing on a tiny pedestal too small to squat upon, have become mountaineering legend. Just a few weeks after the successful first ascent of Broad Peak (with Fritz Wintersteller and Marcus Schmuck), Buhl and Kurt Diemberger made an attempt on nearby, unclimbed Chogolisa (7665 m) in Alpine style.
  • Buhl lost his way in an unexpected snow storm and walked over a huge cornice on the south-east ridge, near the summit of Chogolisa II (7654 m; also known as Bride Peak), subsequently triggering an avalanche that hurled him down 900 m over Chogolisa's north face.
  • His body could not be recovered and remains in the ice.

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