Back كورت ديمبرجر ARZ Kurt Diemberger Catalan Kurt Diemberger Czech Kurt Diemberger German Κουρτ Ντιμπέργκερ Greek Kurt Diemberger Spanish Kurt Diemberger Estonian Kurt Diemberger Basque کورت دیمبرگر Persian Kurt Diemberger Finnish
 Kurt Diemberger in 2005 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Born | 16 March 1932 Villach, Austria |
| Occupation(s) | Mountaineer, writer |
| Climbing career | |
| Known for | The second person after H. Buhl to make first ascents on two eight-thousanders |
| First ascents | |
Kurt Diemberger (born 16 March 1932) is an Austrian mountaineer and author of several books. He is the only living person who has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres: of Broad Peak in 1957 and of Dhaulagiri in 1960.[1] In 2013, he won the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award.[2]
- ^ Sale, Richard; Cleare, John (2000). Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains: The History of the 8,000-Meter Peaks. Seattle: Mountaineers Books. pp. 170–171 &1 90–191. ISBN 978-0-89886-727-5.
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