Norbert Joos

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Norbert Joos on the Schesaplana (August 2012)

Norbert "Noppa" Joos (born September 6, 1960 in Chur ; † July 10, 2016 on Piz Bernina ) was a Swiss mountaineer and mountain guide .

life and career

Norbert Joos started mountaineering at an early age and climbed the Matterhorn at the age of twelve . Shortly before his 20th birthday, he had already conquered the three great north faces of the Alps ( Eiger , Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses ). At the age of 21 he completed his training as a mountain guide.

With the ascent of Denali (6190 m) in 1981, Joos turned to high-altitude mountaineering . He climbed a total of 13 of the 14 eight-thousanders on earth without using additional oxygen . All he needed to climb all eight-thousanders was Mount Everest (8,848 m), which he failed to climb for the last time in May 2008, the sixth attempt. Thereupon he moved away from his goal of climbing all eight-thousanders without additional oxygen. Joos said he would not try again. Everest has been beyond his capabilities since he suffered a stroke in 2006 when he descended from Kangchenjunga .

Since 1993 Joos has been running a mountain sports shop in Chur, where he says he spent around 60% of his working hours. He also continued to work as a mountain guide and gave lectures on high-altitude mountaineering.

In 2005 Joos and his partner Peter Gujan circled the canton of Graubünden on the 740 km long border line; In 77 days they climbed 335 peaks and conquered 145,000 meters in altitude.

date mountain Height in m annotation
June 10, 1982 Nanga Parbat 8125 Diamirwand Kinshofer route
May 11, 1984 Manaslu 8163 NW normal route
October 24, 1984 Annapurna 8091 East ridge north-south crossing
June 19, 1985 K2 8611 Abruzzo spur
May 29, 1987 Broad Peak 8051 NW route single-handedly
June 23, 1988 Gasherbrum II 8034 Normal route
0June 7, 1993 Hidden Peak 8080 NW Japanese Route
May 23, 1994 Cho Oyu 8188 Tichyroute
May 19, 1995 Dhaulagiri 8167 NO ridge
0May 1, 1996 Shishapangma 8027 Normal route from Tibet
May 16, 2002 Makalu 8485 French route NW side
May 15, 2004 Lhotse 8516 West wall
May 14, 2006 Kangchenjunga 8586 Southeast wall

Circumstances of death

In the early afternoon of July 10th, 2016, Joos was crossing the Piz Bernina together with two guests in a three- person rope team on the Spallagrat. Two women, who also belonged to the group, followed as a twosome. The five climbers had in the Tschierva Hut stayed were about Bianco went up to the summit and were descending on the Spalla for Marco e Rosa Hut. At an altitude of about 3900 meters, one person slipped from Joos' rope team and tore the other two members about 160 meters down. Joos suffered fatal injuries when he fell. The other two casualties, a 56-year-old Italian and a 58-year-old Italian, survived seriously injured.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Misfortune on Piz Bernina: Mountaineer Norbert Joos falls to his death. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , July 11, 2016, accessed July 11, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Ebert: Crashed on Piz Bernina: Norbert Joos had a fatal accident. In: outdoor-guide.ch. Outdoor Guide, July 11, 2016, accessed July 11, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Joos at 52 on the same summit as at 20. In: suedostschweiz.ch. Somedia Publishing, August 26, 2012, accessed July 13, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b «Noppa» Joos had a fatal accident. In: suedostschweiz.ch. Somedia Publishing, July 11, 2016, accessed July 12, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Karin Steinbach Tarnutzer, Peter Schmid: Norbert Joos: On the highest mountains in the world . 2008, p. 314-322 .
  6. ↑ Thorsten Kaletsch: Extreme alpinist Noppa Joos: "I've never met God" . Outdoor Guide, 2009, p. 32-40 .
  7. ↑ a b The high-altitude climber Norbert Joos from Graubünden turned around on his fourteenth eight-thousander: "I had to see - Everest is no longer possible". In: nzz.ch. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, November 6, 2008, accessed on July 12, 2016 .
  8. ↑ «'Noppa' was always positive, motivating - and without pain». In: suedostschweiz.ch. Somedia Publishing, July 12, 2016, accessed July 16, 2016 .
  9. ^ Accident on Piz Bernina: Graubünden mountain guide Norbert Joos had a fatal accident. In: nzz.ch. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 11, 2016, accessed on July 11, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Joos, Norbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joos, Noppa (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss mountaineers and mountain guides
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Chur
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 2016
Place of death Piz Bernina