Kurt Diemberger

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Kurt Diemberger

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Birthday
Mar 16, 1932 (93 years old)

Kurt Diemberger

Known For

The Last Expedition
1h 20m
Movie 2024

The Last Expedition

The true story of Wanda Rutkiewicz, the first woman in...

Kukuczka
Movie 2015

Kukuczka

Kurt Diemberger - Verso Dove
0h 50m
Movie 2014

Kurt Diemberger - Verso Dove

A man walks in more or less familiar places, walks...

K2, Traum und Schicksal
1h 0m
Movie 2013

K2, Traum und Schicksal

Documentary about K2 tragedy of 1986. On August 4, 1986,...

Riccardo Cassin, 100 Anni - Un secolo di alpinismo passato alla storia
Movie 2009

Riccardo Cassin, 100 Anni - Un secolo di alpinismo passato alla storia

Women of K2
0h 47m
Movie 2003

Women of K2

On some peaks in 2003, the statistics are impressive. For...

Là-Haut, Un supplément d'âme
Movie 2001

Là-Haut, Un supplément d'âme

When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema
0h 47m
Movie 2000

When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema

Many mountaineers as part of their activity have used cameras...

K2 - Sogno e Destino
Movie 1989

K2 - Sogno e Destino

Biography

Kurt Diemberger, born March 16, 1932 in Villach (Carinthia), is an Austrian mountaineer, photographer, film director and writer. He is one of only two mountaineers, with Hermann Buhl, to have made a first ascent on two peaks over eight thousand meters. In 1978, he accompanied the first French expedition that succeeded in climbing Everest in the company of the French Jean Afanassieff, Pierre Mazeaud and Nicolas Jaeger. In 1957, Kurt Diemberger participated in the first ascent of Broad Peak (8,047 meters), in an Austro-German team led by Marcus Schmuck and including Hermann Buhl. The same year, still with Hermann Buhl, he attempted the ascent of Chogolisa (7,665 meters). They could not reach the summit, stopped by the storm at 7,300 meters above sea level. Kurt Diemberger was the last person to see his teammate, who fell to his death on the descent when a cornice gave way beneath him at 7,200 metres. In 1960, Kurt Diemberger made the first ascent of Dhaulagiri as part of a Swiss expedition of which he was the only Austrian member. 26 years later, during the expedition of seven Austrian and British climbers led by Alan Rouse on K2, he was one of only two survivors of the expedition, during the snowstorm that wiped out the group on 10 August 1986, six days after reaching the summit of the mountain. Kurt Diemberger then continued to be active in the world of mountaineering, for example preparing various high-altitude expeditions from the Chinese province of Xinjiang and working on film projects on the mountain, together with his daughter. In 2013, Kurt Diemberger received the Piolet d’or career, Walter Bonatti Prize.