Hans Goger (mountaineer)
Hans Goger (born November 30, 1965 in Wolfau , Burgenland ) is an Austrian adventurer, mountaineer and author.
Life
Although he grew up in a relatively flat area, he is the only Burgenlander to have succeeded in climbing mountains beyond the 8,000 meter limit. His sporting career began in the army sports and hand-to-hand combat school of the Austrian Armed Forces , where he spent three years as a professional athlete.
Hans Goger lives in his home town of Wolfau and works as a medical masseur in Bad Tatzmannsdorf . He also writes books and gives multimedia lectures about his adventures and mountain expeditions.
Professional background
Hans Goger spent his youth on his parents' farm in rather modest circumstances with six siblings. After elementary school, secondary school and the polytechnic course, he began an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, which he also completed with the skilled worker examination. In January 1985, Hans Goger completed his military service at the Turba barracks in Pinkafeld, where he came into contact with orienteering for the first time since school. The army sports and hand-to-hand combat school, which at that time had a high-performance center in the Pinkafeld barracks, noticed him and hired him as a competitive athlete and professional runner. In this three-year phase as a professional athlete, Hans Goger created a second mainstay for himself after his running career and began training as a medical masseur in Graz. He still works in this profession today.
He took part in two orienteering world championships in Denmark and Norway, achieved a title as night orienteering runner-up in national competitions and won a bronze medal in the relay competition. Hans Goger was also successful as a road runner. His best time for the 10-kilometer distance was 32 minutes and 50 seconds.
Mountaineering achievements
date | summit | height | country | annotation |
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1992 | Chimborazo | 6310 m | Ecuador | |
1994 | Pik communizma | 7495 m | Tajikistan | |
1997 | Cho Oyu | 8188 m | Tibet | First Burgenlander on an eight-thousander |
1999 | Denali | 6194 m | United States | Crossing from west to north |
2000 | Mt Everest | 8850 m | Tibet | Demolition after the fatal crash of a Danish expedition member |
2002 | Aconcagua | 6969 m | Argentina | transgression |
2003 | Khan Tengri | 7010 m | Kyrgyzstan | |
2005 | Mt Everest | 8850 m | Tibet | Successful ascent over the Tibetan northeast ridge |
2006 | Shisha Pangma | 8046 m | Tibet | |
2009 | Nanga Parbat | 8125 m | Pakistan | Not yet repeated new route over the northwest pillar with Gerfried Göschl (AUT), Louis Rousseau (CAN), Sepp Bachmair (AUT), Günther Unterberger (AUT) |
2010 | Kilimanjaro | 5895 m | Tanzania / Kenya | Marango route |
2010 | Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid) | 4884 m | New Guinea | |
2011 | Mount Kenya | 5199 m | Kenya | |
2011 | Elbrus | 5642 m | Russia | |
2012 | Kilimanjaro | 5895 m | Tanzania | Machame - Mweka route |
2013 | Lenin Peak | 7135 m | Kyrgyzstan | |
2016 | Margherita Peak | 5109 m | DR Congo / Uganda |
Wilderness tours
year | description |
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1992 | Jungle tour on the Rio Napo (Amazonia, Ecuador) |
1995 | Solo crossing of the Brooks Range (Alaska) |
1996 | Paddle through 1,000 kilometers of wild land in British Columbia, the Yukon Territory and Alaska |
1999 | Ski crossing on the high Arctic islands of Cornwallis and Ellesmere in the northernmost part of Canada. |
2001 | White water expedition on the South MacMillan River in the Canadian Yukon Territory, as well as a paddle tour on the Pelly and Yukon Rivers |
2004 | Trekking in Northern Pakistan (Hunza, Fairy Meadows) |
2007 | "Vuelta", the circumnavigation of Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre in the Argentine part of Patagonia |
2008 | Crossing the Brooks Range in the sub-arctic part of Alaska |
2009 | Tour through the Atacama desert (Chile) |
2012 | Circumnavigation of Dhaulagiri (8167 m) in Nepal |
2013 | Winter crossing of the North Slope (Alaska) |
2013 | Trekking tour in Sarek National Park, Swedish Lapland |
2014 | Circumnavigation of Manaslu (8163 m) in Nepal |
2015 | Solo tour through the Altiplano (Andean highlands) and the jungle areas of the Oriente (Amazonia) in Ecuador |
2015 | Winter tour on the "Kungsleden", Swedish - Lapland |
2015 | Shooting expedition in Tasiilaq, East Greenland |
2017 | Ski expedition and kayak tour in Tasiilaq, East Greenland |
social commitment
Hans Goger is committed to aid projects. He supports this with multimedia lectures in which donations are collected for charitable projects.
year | description |
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2005 | Charity evening in the Kursaal Bad Tatzmannsdorf, at which around € 7,000 was collected for the tsunami victims in Southeast Asia. Opening by the director of Schönbrunn Zoo, Dr. Helmut Pechlaner. |
2010 | Aid event for the earthquake victims in Pakistan. The donations went to the emergency organization of Rainer Göschl, the father of his expedition partner on Mount Everest and Nanga Parbat - Gerfried Göschl. |
2011 | Help for the hungry areas in East Africa. The proceeds of around € 4,000 went to “Doctors Without Borders”. |
2015 | The most successful humanitarian project to date: for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal, Helmut Pechlaner, Peter Kai (founder of the children's hospice "Sterntalerhof"), Buddhi Maya Sherpa (whose lodge in Nepal was destroyed), Hans Thurner and the "Nepalhilfe" collected over € 10,000. The entire proceeds went to “Nepalhilfe”. |
2015 | Charity lecture for the e.motion (Equotherapy) association in Vienna, which cares for seriously ill children. |
2015 | Multimedia lecture in Vienna's Urania. € 2000.- went again to "Nepalhilfe" |
literature
- Hans Goger: Lonely wilderness - icy peaks Schall-Verlag, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-900533-54-0
- Hans Goger: A life for adventure - Schall-Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-900533-84-7
- Jochen Hemmleb , Heike Göschl-Grünwald: Gerfried Göschl - traces for eternity. Egoth-Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902480-90-3 .
Web links
- Hans Goger's website
- Mountain rescue report New route Nanga Parbat
- Article lifesaving at Manaslu
- Article about Nanga Parbat ascent in alpine style
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Goger, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mountaineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfau , Burgenland |