Toni Dürnberger

Toni Dürnberger (11 September 1932 – 17 August 1992)[1] was an Austrian mountaineer and expedition leader.

Toni Dürnberger
Born(1932-11-11)11 November 1932
Sankt Martin bei Lofer, Austria
Died17 August 1992(1992-08-17) (aged 59)
Khan Tengri, Tian Shan

Biography

In 1962 Dürnberger led the Austro-German Expedition to Greenland from April to July where he climbed for the first time remote Mount Paatusoq, considered the highest unclimbed peak in southern Greenland.[2] The expedition climbed a total of 37 other peaks in the area,[3] including some near the Southern Sermilik fjord.[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
  • Dürnberger T. et al. Erlebnisbericht über die Österreichisch-Deutsche Grönlandexpedition 1962. Jahrbuch des Österreichischen Alpenvereins 1963. Vol 88.

References
  1. Toni Dürnberger - Historisches Alpenarchiv
  2. AAJ - North America, Greenland, South Greenland
  3. Climbing History - 1975 University of St Andrews Greenland Expedition
  4. AAJ - North America, Sermelikfjord, Southwest Greenland
  5. JSTOR The Geographical Journal Vol. 130, No. 4 (Dec., 1964), pp. 572-574
  6. Video in Gedenken an den österreichischen Bergsteiger Toni Dürnberger


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