Das Porträt: Bilder von Menschen, lebend und tot.
Junko Tabei (1939 –2016) was a Japanese mountaineer. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and the first woman to ascend all Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent.
Junko Tabei – First Women on Everest Weiterlesen »
Russell Brice is probably the best known mountain guide in the world. He has reinvented the way mountain guides work at Mt Everest, he is a successful mountaineer for himself and he is a movie star. Russell was in 1952 in New Zealand, as many other famous climbers, and he was always fascinated from ice
Russell Brice – the Guide Weiterlesen »
Marco Siffredi is the worlds first to descend Mount Everest on a snowboard. In 2001 he chose the Norton Couloir at the left side of the north face. He disappeared in 2002 after making his second successful Everest summit – accompanied by the three Sherpa among them Phurba Tashi – while attempting to snowboard the
Marco Siffredi – The disappearance Weiterlesen »
Edmund Hillary (1919 –2008) was first to summit Mount Everest in 1953 with Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay. They took a southern route passing the Khumbu Icefall and the South Col before they reached and mastered a steep step – today called the Hillary Step.
Sir Edmund Hillary – the First Weiterlesen »
Long Dorje ist ein Sherpa am Mount Everest – kein Rekordhalter, aber ein verlässlicher Arbeiter. Er hat den Mount Everest deutlich öfter als zehn mal bestiegen und war einer der ersten, der dies schaffte.
Long Dorje Sherpa Weiterlesen »
George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886 – 1924) is the first “super hero” of Mt Everest. He was part of three British expeditions and eventually died high up on the mountain, below Second Step.
George Mallory – almost the First Weiterlesen »
Reinhold Messner wurde am 17. September 1944 in Südtirol, Italien, geboren und er lebt immer noch dort. Sein Beitrag als „Legende des Everest“ war: Erste Besteigung des Mount Everest ohne Sauerstoff zusammen mit Peter Habeler am 8. Mai 1978. Erste Solo-Besteigung am 20. August 1980.
Reinhold Messner Weiterlesen »
The summit of Mt Everest is tiny, and there is virtually no good picture available that shows the place. I have not been there, but I found the crowded place which is so difficult to reach interesting. On a good day over a hundred climbers stand there, one after the other. I had to paint
On Summit of Mount Everest Weiterlesen »
Lincoln Hall (born in 1956) was an Australian Climber who was rescued from Mt Everest after summiting. He became famous because he survived a night alone on the mountain and also, because he was rescued, while David Sharp died some days earlier being in similar circumstances. The above portrait was stolen on an exhibition. He wrote
Lincoln Hall *1956 +2012: The lucky one Weiterlesen »
Apa Sherpa (auch Appa Sherpa) bestieg den Gipfel des Mount Everst 21 mal (bis 2011) und ist damit bis heute Rekordhalter. Seit 2013 teilt er sich diesen Erfolg mit Phurba Tashi. Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa wurde in den frühen 1960er Jahren in der Everest Region Nepals nahe der chinesischen Grenze geboren. Heute lebt er in den USA.
Apa Sherpa – 21 mal auf dem Gipfel Weiterlesen »
