Josef Borde

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Josef Borde (born October 25, 1904 in Eulau , † January 2, 1978 in Zurich ) was a Swiss alpinist and inventor .

After training as a watchmaker in the Sudetenland , he moved to Switzerland.

Josef Borde held several patents. His ski boot tension lever lock, the handy gasoline-powered on-board burner and the heatable aluminum on-board bottle, which was also used by the mountain troops of the Swiss Army , became known.

literature

  • Josef Borde: Beware of the avalanche! Advice and resources from an experienced expert. Democritus, Tübingen 1966.
  • Josef Borde, a life for the mountains. In: Mitteilungen des Sudetendeutsches Archiv , 1979, p. 12.
personal data
SURNAME Borde, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss alpinist and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Eulau
DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 1978
Place of death Zurich