Oskar Hug
Oskar A. Hug (born May 13, 1886 in Kreuzlingen ; † August 8, 1968 ) was a Swiss doctor , alpinist , author and pioneer of ski mountaineering .
Life
Oskar Hug grew up in Kreuzlingen on Lake Constance, attended boarding schools in Schwyz and Lucerne and began studying medicine in Lausanne in 1906 . In Lucerne and later in Zurich, he opened a practice for orthopedic surgery , sports injuries and neurosurgery . During World War I he was a Red Cross field doctor on the Serbian front (September 1914 to April 1915) in Valjevo and Pirot .
In the Lucerne Ski Club, founded in 1903, he learned to ski in a course given by the Norwegian ski pioneers Leif Berg and Thorleif Björnstad . In 1908 he won the ski jumping at the French ski championships and was second in cross-country skiing. Further awards followed, but he mainly devoted himself to alpine skiing and mountaineering. He wrote a large number of reports in the alpine press about his mountain tours, including 50 first ascents and new tours. As an employee of the high mountain guide through the Bernese Alps of the Swiss Alpine Club , he created a. a. exact route sketches.
In the summer of 1910 he undertook an expedition to the Caucasus with Casimir de Rham , and they sold several first ascents, including Dolra Tau (3849 m), Nakra Tau (4277 m), Maseri-Tau Ostgipfel (around 3900 m), Schcheldü Northwest summit (4229 m). In addition, the first crossing of the Elbrus via the east summit (5533 m) and west summit (5623 m).
Oskar Hug was a member of the Pilatus section of the Swiss Alpine Club , the West Alpine Club , the British Alpine Club , the Groupe de Haute Montagne , the Academic Alpine Club Bern and an honorary member of the Swiss Academic Ski Club.
First ascents (selection)
- 1910 Elbrus crossing
- 1919 Salbitschijen southwest face, Hug-Kurz-Route. With Marcel Kurz and Giacomo Bertolini
- 1920, June 13, Tödi north-east face through the Röticouloir. With Hans Lauper, H. Rüfenacht, Th. Weidmann and J. Wälti
- 1922 Ebnefluh northwest ridge . With Hans Lauper
- 1935, July 8th Schreckhorn west face. With Werner Weckert , Walter Rickenbach and A. Simmen
Individual evidence
- ↑ Raoul Imseng: Mountain and SAS pioneer Oskar Hug 1886–1968. In: Der Schneehase 38, 2008–2011
- ^ Walter Amstutz: Oskar A. Hug †. In: Der Schneehase 28, 1966–1968
- ↑ Carl Egger: The Conquest of the Caucasus, Basel 1932
- ^ Oskar Hug: After almost sixty years. A mountain summer in the Caucasus. The Alps 1967
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hug, Oskar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hug, Oskar A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss doctor, alpinist and ski pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kreuzlingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1968 |