Peter Scholz (mountaineer)

Peter Scholz (born November 14, 1943 Schweidnitz , Silesia , † July 18, 1972 on Mont Blanc ) was a German mountaineer .

Life

Peter Scholz grew up in Munich and began climbing in the Alps at an early age , at the end of the 1960s he was one of the best German mountaineers.

In 1968 he was invited by Karl Maria Herrligkoffer to the Toni Kinshofer memorial expedition to the Nanga Parbat. Scholz and Wilhelm Schloz reached the maximum height of this expedition in the Rupal flank of 7200 meters. Two years later he was a member of the Siegi Löw commemorative expedition to Nanga Parbat by Herrligkoffer. He and Felix Kuen successfully climbed the Rupalwand for the second time .

On July 18, 1972, Peter Scholz had a fatal accident on the icy south ridge of the Aiguille Noire (Peuterey ridge, Mont Blanc massif).

Alpinistic services (extract)

• Eiger , north face
• Grandes Jorasses , Walkerpfeiler solo ascent
• Ortler , W wall solo ascent
• Mont Blanc , Freney Pillar
• Marmolada , east face
• Great Zinne , direct NW wall (Hasse-Brandler Route)
• Western pinnacle, French guide
• Civetta , Solleder Route, Philipp / Flamm Route
• Königsspitze , north face
• Tofana pillars
• Meat bench , meat bench pillar and ornamental fireplace
• Marmolada , organ pipe route (3rd ascent), South Tyrolean route, Vinatzer route
• Piz Badile , northeast face
• Andes expedition 1966, first ascent of Siula Chico (6260 m) with Manfred Sturm and Reinhold Obster
• Nanga Parbat Toni Kinshofer commemorative expedition 1968, attempt of the first ascent of the Rupalwand, Scholz and Schloz reach the beginning of the Merkl Gully approx. 7200 m (highest point of the expedition)
• Nanga Parbat Sigi Löw memorial expedition 1970, Scholz and Felix Kuen successfully climb the main summit through the Rupal wall (2nd ascent), route variation in the exit on the left around the pre-summit; Reinhold and Günther Messner had passed the pre-summit on the right during the first ascent the day before. Scholz and Kuen have to bivouac for one night on the descent to approx. 8000 m
• Rakaposhi Expedition 1971, attempt to climb the main summit is not reached on this expedition

literature

• Hans Saler: Between light and shadow. The Messner tragedy on Nanga Parbat . A1 Verlag GmbH, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-927-74365-8 .

swell

1. ↑ Personal folder on Wilhelm Schloz (PDF) in the Historical Alpine Archives of the Alpine Clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)
2. ↑ Personal folder on Peter Scholz (PDF) in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)