Toni Dürnberger (11 September 1932 – 17 August 1992)[1] was an Austrian mountaineer and expedition leader.
Toni Dürnberger | |
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| Born | 11 November 1932 |
| Died | 17 August 1992 (aged 59) |
Biography
editFrom April to July 1962, Dürnberger led the Austro-German Expedition to Greenland (Österreichische Deutsche Grönland Expedition 1962) that climbed a number of unscaled peaks in the Sermilik sector from April to July 1962. The expedition climbed a total of 37 peaks in the area,[2] including some near the Southern Sermilik fjord.[3]
In 1966 Dürnberger led a second expedition that climbed for the first time remote Mount Paatusoq, considered the highest unclimbed peak in southern Greenland. Battling very difficult conditions, some of the team members fell into a crevasse and one of them was seriously injured.[4]
Together with Austrian expedition member Ernst Herzinger and German members Stefan Rausch and Alois Häusl, Toni Dürnberger published articles of geographical interest on the little-known areas of Greenland he visited.[5]
Toni Dürnberger died in a fall, together with his wife Elfi, while descending Khan Tengri after having successfully climbed the 7,010m high peak located in the Kyrgyzstan–Kazakhstan–China border on 17 August 1992.[6]
Publications
edit- Dürnberger T. et al. Erlebnisbericht über die Österreichisch-Deutsche Grönlandexpedition 1962. Jahrbuch des Österreichischen Alpenvereins 1963. Vol 88.
References
edit- ^ Toni Dürnberger - Historisches Alpenarchiv
- ^ Climbing History - 1975 University of St Andrews Greenland Expedition
- ^ AAJ - North America, Sermelikfjord, Southwest Greenland
- ^ AAJ - North America, Greenland, South Greenland
- ^ JSTOR The Geographical Journal Vol. 130, No. 4 (Dec., 1964), pp. 572-574
- ^ Video in Gedenken an den österreichischen Bergsteiger Toni Dürnberger
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