Eduard Koblmüller
Eduard "Edi" Koblmüller (born April 10, 1946 in Linz , † April 2015 on Kasbek , Georgia ) was an Austrian mountaineer .
Life
Koblmüller studied at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna and graduated as a forest manager.
In 1978, with the support of his wife Elisabeth, he founded the Bergspechte Alpine School in Linz and “gave up the official job as a government forest commissioner at Upper Austria. Provincial government ”, where he was responsible for environmental agendas in the Agriculture and Forestry department when there was no environmental department of its own.
In 1991 he was torn down by an avalanche in the Pyrenees, rescued by his companions, but suffered a knee injury with permanent consequences. In 2005 it was completely buried by an avalanche in Abruzzo, was located by friends and dug up. Here he was unharmed.
Koblmüller's older son Michael died at the age of 24 in 1999 during a mountain tour on the 7,266 m high Diran from an avalanche. In 2003, at the age of 56, his wife had an accident while exercising on the climbing wall of the Alpine Center Rudolfshütte in Uttendorf (Pinzgau). Both were certified mountain guides, as was the younger son Reinhard.
Koblmüller has participated in expeditions in the Andes , Hindu Kush , Karakoram and Himalayas since 1968 , with important first ascents and first ascents. His most important success was in 1978 the first ascent of the southeast face of the 8201 meter high Cho Oyu together with Alois Furtner , the ascent was done entirely in alpine style . He was considered one of the most successful Austrian expedition mountaineers.
In the summer of 2014 he sold his shares in the mountain woodpeckers to a German company active in the same industry, but remained active as a consultant.
Koblmüller led a group of nine on a ski expedition that set off on April 10, 2015 to the 5047 m high Kasbek in the Caucasus . When a snowstorm came during one of the marching stages, seven of the mostly Austrian group members were able to take refuge in a refuge and remained well. The mountain guide supported a 59-year-old Austrian who both got caught in the blizzard. They were only found frozen to death on the afternoon of April 16, 2015. Their bodies were then recovered with a helicopter from an altitude of 4,700 m.
Alpinistic services (extract)
- K6 (7282 m) 1970, first ascent, Karakoram with Gerhard Haberl, Christian von der Hecken and Gerd Pressl
- Cho Oyu (8201 m) 1978, first ascent of the southeast face in alpine style
- Nanga Parbat (8125 m) 1983, Rupal flank in a rope team
- Batura I (7785 m) 1983, first ascent of the south face, Karakoram
- Diran (7266 m) 1985, first ascent of the north pillar, Karakoram
- Rakaposhi East (7010 m) 1985, first ascent of the north pillar, Karakoram
- K2 (8611 m) 1989, attempt of a new route in the east face, up to 7200 m
- Dhaulagiri (8167 m) 1996, together with son Michael Koblmüller at the summit
- Muztagata (7546 m) 1997, ski ascent, Kun Lun Mountains, China
- Shisha Pangma (8013 m) 1998
- Broad Peak (8047 m) 1999, with his son Reinhard Koblmüller at the summit
- Lenin Peak (7134 m) 2002, Pamir, Kyrgyzstan
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ derStandard.at - Extreme mountaineer Edi Koblmüller had a fatal accident in Georgia . APA notification dated April 17, 2015, accessed April 17, 2015.
- ^ Edi Koblmüller: A mountaineering legend turns 60 , bergstieg.com April 13, 2006, accessed on April 17, 2015
- ↑ www.bergstieg.com Brief biography of E. Koblmüller
- ^ Mountaineer Edi Koblmüller died in an accident ooe.ORF.at April 17, 2015
- ↑ Linz professional mountaineer Koblmüller frozen to death , ORF.at April 17, 2015
- ↑ accident on Mount Kazbek: Alpinist Edi Koblmüller and mountain mate frozen , kronenzeitung.at April 17, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koblmüller, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koblmüller, Edi (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mountaineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2015 |
| Place of death | Kazbek , Georgia |