Huber boy

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Huberbuam on August 9, 2012 at Mount Asgard

The brothers and professional mountaineers Thomas (* 1966) and Alexander Huber (* 1968) are called Huberbuam .

Joint successes (extract)

  • 1997: First ascent of the west face of Latok II (7108 m) in the Karakoram together with Conrad Anker and Toni Gutsch.
  • 1998: First free ascent of the El Niño route ( level of difficulty 5.13b) on El Capitan and red point ascent by freeriders .
  • 2000: First ascent of a new free climbing route Golden Gate on El Capitan.
  • 2004: Fastest ascent of the El Capitan Route Zodiac in 1:52 hours.
  • 2007: Fastest ascent of the El Capitan route The Nose in 2:45:45 hours.
  • 2008: First ascent of the west face of Holtanna together with Stephan Siegrist.
  • 2009: First red point ascent of the "Eternal Flame" (5.13a) at the Trango Tower together with Franz Hinterbrandner and Mario Walder.

Movies

  • Climbing to the limit. The Huberbuam , 2005
  • At the limit , 2007
  • The Huberbuam , ZDF television report, 2011
  • 100 years of Huberbuam - "Bluat is dicker ois Wossa" , ServusTV , 2017

literature

  • François Carrel: Alexander and Thomas Huber - two brothers, one rope team. Malik, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-89029-483-4 .
  • Melanie Schönthier, Stephan Bernhard: Vertical horizons - the climbing adventures of the Huberbuam. Pietsch, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-613-50485-1 .

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