Richard Hoyer

Richard Hoyer (born April 22, 1943 , † November 1969 in Dhaulagiri Himal ) was an Austrian mountaineer and expedition leader. He disappeared when attempting the first ascent of Dhaulagiri IV (7661 m).

Memorial at the Vienna Central Cemetery

Career

The trained mechanic from Vienna began mountaineering in 1961 and achieved some remarkable alpine achievements in the following years. These included the solo ascent of 22 peaks of the Gleirsch-Halltal chain without interruption, the third winter crossing of the Haller Walls (six peaks) single-handedly , the Peuterey ridge on Mont Blanc (longest combined ridge climb in the Alps), a Grandes Jorasses crossing from the east to the west, as well as the first ascent of the “Österreichersporn” in the Pik Lenin east face.

At the age of only 26 he was appointed head of the Austrian Himalayan Expedition to Dhaulagiri IV in 1969, which also included the Austrians Kurt Ring (36), Peter Lavička (28), Peter Nemec (26) and Kurt Reha (21) . After setting up the last high camp on November 9th, Hoyer reported to the base camp and announced that he would try to climb the summit in the early morning of the next day. Since then, Hoyer, the other four Austrians and a Sherpa have been missing.

In 1971 a memorial plaque for the missing mountaineers was erected at the Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte on the Großglockner . In 1972 a memorial in the area of ​​the honorary graves in Vienna's central cemetery followed .

Selection of further inspections by Hoyer

• Cima Tosa - Northeast Face
• Croz dell'Altissimo-southwest face
• Meat Bank - Southeastern intersection
• Small Lafatscher -Northeast Junction
• Sentinelle Rouge on the Brenva flank of Mont Blanc
• Däumling-Ostkante in the Gosaukamm
• Dachl / Rosskuppen intersection in the Gesäuse
• Rosskuppenkante in the buttocks with Fritz Wiessner
• 1. Inspection of the Stangenwand-southeast intersection in the Hochschwab group
• Aiguille du Dru -Southwest Pillar
• Matterhorn north face

Web links

• Personal folder on Richard Hoyer (PDF) in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)