Emanuel Strubich

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Emanuel Strubich (born January 31, 1887 in Teplitz ; † February 7, 1922 at the Hinteren Karlesspitze in the Stubai Alps , Austria), was a German climber and mountaineer.

He was one of the best climbers of his time. He was probably the first climber in Germany or worldwide to manage a route in the eighth Saxon degree (UIAA scale 7-) .

He learned the trade of tailor, but found little employment, so that he was mostly on the road as a mountain vagabond . Strubich probably lived in Dresden from at least 1912. He probably followed his half-sister Bertha, who got married in Dresden. However, he was never reported to the police in Dresden and was therefore probably not called up for military service.

This enabled him to improve his climbing skills. The first entry in a summit book dates from 1912. His first ascents in Saxon Switzerland are mostly characterized by bold exposed lines. His hardest route, the western edge of the Wilder Kopf, he made in 1918 without fixed safety points , so-called rings. The route is exposed wall and friction climbing, which is now equipped with two subsequently attached retaining rings.

Emanuel Strubich was also out and about in the Alps, for the first time in 1916. Here he found an experienced mentor and partner in mountaineer Walther Flaig . In the years 1920 and 1921 Emanuel Strubich carried out more than twenty first ascent and first ascents, mostly single-handedly. His most famous first ascent in the Alps is the south face of the Drusenfluh in the Rätikon. The route was not repeated until 1928.

Emanuel Strubich died at the age of only 35 in an avalanche on the Hinteren Karlesspitze (2636 m). He went solo and was recovered a day later. On February 11, 1922, Strubich was buried in the Wald cemetery in Ochsengarten in the Nedertal west of Kühtai . The words “Life is abundance, not time” were immortalized on his grave tablet. The grave was leveled during renovation work in the 1960s.

Well-known first ascents

Saxon Switzerland

  • North wall at the cross tower (VIIb)
  • East edge on the Jungfer (VIIc)
  • Strubichrinne on the Jungfer (VIIc)
  • Strubichweg am Falkenstein (VIIb)
  • West edge at Wild Head (VIIIa)

all difficulties in the Saxon scale

Alps

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proof

  1. ↑ Baptismal and birth register of the Badestadt Teplitz, Tom. XI, fol. 473
  2. ^ Hans-Rainer Arnold: 100 Years of the Saxon Mountaineering Association. Review and outlook. (As a commemorative publication for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the SBB). Developed on behalf of the Saxon Mountaineering Association. Sächsischer Bergsteigerbund, Dresden 2011, pp. 43–45.
personal data
SURNAME Strubich, Emanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German climber and mountaineer
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Teplitz
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1922
Place of death Hintere Karlsspitze , Oetztal Alps , Austria