Ralf Dujmovits

Ralf Dujmovits (born December 5, 1961 in Bühl , Black Forest ) is a German extreme mountaineer , mountain guide and expedition leader . He is the first German to stand on the peaks of all 14 eight-thousanders and thus one of the most successful German high-altitude mountaineers . In addition to mountains in the Himalayas , he prefers to climb the Alps and the South American Andes .

In 1999 he took part in an ascent of the north face of the Eiger , which was broadcast live on television, and thus became known to a larger audience. Dujmovits conducted over 40 expeditions in different regions and is therefore one of the most experienced high-altitude mountaineers and expedition guides in the world.

For many years he was the director and owner of AMICAL alpin, a commercial organizer of mountain tours. In the fall of 2011 he gave up the management.

Dujmovits was married to extreme mountaineer Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from 2007 to 2015 . Dujmovits has two children from another relationship. Together with Kaltenbrunner, he was awarded the “Mountain Spirit of the Year” in 2010 by the Munich Alpine Club Berggeist (AKB).

Ascent of the eight-thousanders

On May 20, 2009, Ralf Dujmovits became the first German mountaineer to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders on the Lhotse and was the 16th mountaineer in the world to do so. With the exception of Mount Everest , he succeeded in all ascents without additional bottled oxygen. Several attempts to climb Mount Everest again without additional bottled oxygen failed. a. 2015 during the earthquake in Nepal. In 2017, on his eighth attempt to reach the summit of Everest without additional oxygen, Dujmovits had to turn back at almost 8,600 meters due to heavy snowfall and strong winds. He had already announced in advance that this would be his last attempt on Everest.

Dujmovits climbed the eight-thousanders in the following order:

No.	year	mountain	Height (m)	annotation
	1988	Makalu		Demolition at 7800 meters (high altitude storm)
01	1990	Dhaulagiri	8,167
02	1992	Mount Everest	8,848	From the south saddle with the help of bottled oxygen
03	1994	K2	8,611
04th	1995	Cho Oyu	8,188
	1996	Mount Everest and Lhotse		Cancellation after reaching the main Nuptse summit and the southern saddle due to the risk of avalanches
	1996	Shishapangma	8.008	Central Summit
05	1997	Shishapangma	8,027	Main summit
	1998	Cho Oyu	8,188	second ascent
06th	1999	Broad Peak	8,051
07th	2000	Gasherbrum II	8,034
08th	2001	Nanga Parbat	8,125
09	2004	Annapurna	8.091	French route
10	2004	Hidden Peak (Gasherbrum I)	8,080	Japanese couloir
	2005	Shishapangma	8,027	second ascent of Dujmovits, first south-north crossing
	2005	Mount Everest		Aborted at 7,650 meters due to brain edema of Hirotaka Takeuchi
11	2006	Kangchenjunga	8,586	South flank
	2006	Lhotse		Aborted at 8,400 meters due to reaching the point of reversal
12	2007	Manaslu	8,163
	2007	Broad Peak	8,051	second ascent
	2007	K2		Attempt to climb at approx. 7800 meters failed due to the weather
13	2008	Makalu	8,485
	2008	Lhotse		Ascent canceled
14th	2009	Lhotse	8,516
	2010	Mount Everest		Ascent canceled at 8,300 meters
	2012	Mount Everest		Ascent on the south saddle ( 7950  m ) canceled
	2014	Mount Everest		Ascent canceled on the north side at 8,300 meters
	2017	Mount Everest		Ascent canceled on the north side at 8,580 meters (8th attempt without oxygen)

Further ascents

In October 2010 Dujmovits reached the summit of the Carstensz pyramid , which is one of the Seven Summits as the highest mountain in Oceania .

See also

• List of climbers who have climbed all eight-thousanders

Web links

• Homepage of Ralf Dujmovits
• Biography of Ralf Dujmovits
• Interview from 2003 (Spiegel Online)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ spiegel.de - Up close and personal with the north face of the Eiger
2. ↑ The mountaineering couple receives an award from the Alpine Club Berggeist. Alpine, November 17, 2010.
3. ↑ 5. Report Nuptse-Ostgrat / Everest Expedition . Retrieved May 22, 2012.
4. ^ Eberhard Jurgalski : climbing lists on www.8000ers.com