Diego Wavy

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Diego Wellig (born July 18, 1961 in Switzerland ) is a mountain guide and snow sports instructor .

After completing his electrical mechanic apprenticeship in 1981, he obtained his mountain guide diploma the following year. In 1987 he passed the snow sports instructor diploma. In 1991 he began training as a school principal and has been the director of the Belalp snow sports school ever since.

Diego Wellig has been working as a mountain guide in the Alps during the summer months since 1983. In spring and autumn he leads trekking tours and expeditions in Asia, South America and Africa.

Rockclimbing

In 1975, at the age of 14, he joined the SAC-JO local group in Brig and in the same year climbed his first four-thousand-meter peak with the Allalin (4027 m). By 2002 he was the first Swiss citizen to climb the highest mountains on all continents, the so-called Seven Summits .

Sport climbing

As a teenager, Diego Wellig was enthusiastic about the emerging sport climbing. After the classic climbing tours and walls in Europe, Diego Wellig also climbed in Yosemite National Park in North America. The ascent of the famous walls such as the 1000 m high El Capitan and the 750 m high Half Dome are highlights of his sport climbing time.

Ascents, successes

  • 1982: Eiger , Matterhorn, Grand Jorasse, Breithorn, Nesthorn north face
  • 1983: Huascarán 6723 m and Chopicalki 6340 m
  • 1985: Shishapangma 8046 m (1st eight-thousander)
  • 1986: Broad Peak 8047 m (2nd eight-thousander) - Fitz Roy 3421 m
  • 1987: Matterhorn north face in winter - Aconcagua 6959 m - Carstensz pyramid 4967 m
  • 1988: Gasherbrum II 8035 m (3rd eight-thousander) - Aoraki / Mount Cook 3724  m
  • 1989: Elbrus 5647 m - 1st attempt: Mount Everest 8848 m, up to 8100 m north side (too much snow)
  • 1990: Nanga Parbat north summit 8070 m (4th eight-thousander), ski run with Hans Kammerlander - Gurla Mandhata 7728 m (second ascent)
  • 1991: Ama Dablam 6837 m (Matterhorn Nepal)
  • 1992: Matterhorn all 4 ridges in ascent and descent in 24 hours (Z'Mutt, Furgg, Italiener, Hörnli) - 2nd attempt Mount Everest 8848 m (8751 m south summit without oxygen bottles) - Mount Vinson 4897 m
  • 1994: Denali 6190 m - Kilimanjaro 5895 m
  • 2002: Mount Everest 8848 m (5th eight-thousander)
  • 2003: Ojos del Salado 6880 m (highest active volcano)
  • 2004: Elbrus 5642 m (ski tour) - Ararat 5165 m (ski tour) - Damavand 5671 m (ski tour) - Mustagh Ata 7546 m (ski tour) - Cotopaxi 5897 m - Cayambe 5723 m - Chimborazo 6310 m - Lluillailaco 6798 m - Mercedario 6814 m
  • 2005: Mirador 5200 m - Cerro Austria 5320 m - Cico Alpamayo 5320 m - Illimani 6447 m - Parinacota 6342 m - Pisco 5752 m - Urus 5495 m - Tocllaraju 6032 m - Alma Kuh 4850 m - Gardunehkuh 4402 m - Damavand 5671 m - Pico Orizaba 5700 m - Iztaccihuatl 5286 m - Cerro Torre 3128 m (Maestri Route)
  • 2006: Walther Penck 6645 m - Tres Cruzes 6753 m - Cho Oyu 8201 m (6th eight-thousander) - Tronador 3451 m - Osorno 2945 m
  • 2007: Elbrus 5642 m - Ninchin Kangsa 7200 m - Cotopaxi 5897 m - Cayambe 5723 m - Chimborazo 6310 m - Iliniza Nort 5107 m - Anapurnna Trekking - Circumnavigation of Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy
  • 2008: Kantsch Trekking - Kilimanjaro 5895 m - Chachani 6078 m - Parinacota 6345 m - Pomerabe 6235 m - Sajama 6542 m - Cotopaxi 5897 m - Cayambe 5723 m - Chimborazo 6310 m - Iliniza Nort 5107 m - Shivling 6543 m (May 28, 2008 W ridge)
  • 2009: Annapurna - Tilicho - Dhaulagiri Trekking, Dhampus Peak 6035 m - Ishinca 5530 m - Tocllaraju 6032 m - Alpamayo 5947 m - Parinacota 6345 m - Wila Llojele 5244 m - Janco Laya 5545 m - Jano Huyo 5512 m - Acontango 6052 m - Kalapatar 5432 m - El Torro 6134 m - Circumnavigation of Cerro Torre, Fitz Roy
  • 2010: Api 713 m - Elbrus 5642 m - Huayhuash Trekking - Cerro Austria 5132 m - Cerro Mirador 5265 m - Acontango 6052 m
  • 2011: Himlung 7134 m - Seribung 6123 m - Nermut Dagi 2935 m (ski tour) - Ararat 5167 m (2x: ski tour & summer) - Mt. Kackar 3932 m - Mt. Artus 3567 m - Cerro Pastilitos 5090 m - Tres Ermano 5023 m - Cerro Copiapo 6052 m - Ermitano 6187 m - Vicunia 6073 m - San Francisco 6027 m - Bonete Chico 6759 m - Ojos de Salado 6893 m (2 ×)
  • 2012: Gokyo Ri 5360 m - Lobuche East 6119 m - Island Peak 6189 m - Mt. Everest 8848 m (North Col Route) - Mt. Kenya - Pt. Lenana 4985 m (2 ×) - Kilimanjaro 5895 m

Private

He is married to Silvia Schwery; they have two children.

personal data
SURNAME Wavy, Diego
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss mountain guides and snow instructors
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Switzerland