Robert Caspersen

Robert Caspersen (2004)

Robert Caspersen (born September 30, 1971 ) is a Norwegian climber and mountaineer .

He achieved first ascents and first ascents in Norway, the Alps , the Himalayas and the Antarctic .

Caspersen made several Antarctic - expeditions . In 1994 he achieved first ascents of Jøkulkyrkja ( 3148  m ), Ulvetanna ( 2931  m ), Geßnerspitze ( 3021  m ), Kinntanna ( 2724  m ) and Holtanna Nordgipfel ( 2630  m ), in 1996/1997 the Rondespiret ( 2427  m ). In 2006 the first ascent of a route through the Ulvetanna north face followed ( level of difficulty A4 5.10 , 21  pitches , 960 meters, 16 days) with Ivar Tollefsen, Stein-Ivar Gravdal and Trond Hilde as well as six first ascents in the Holtedahl mountains .

Opened in 1999, Caspersen together with Gunnar Karlsen, Per Ludvig Skjerven and Einar Wold in 38 days, the route Norwegian Trango Pulpit Direct (difficulty VII A4 5.11 , 48 pitches) on the Trango Pulpit ( 6050  m ) in the Pakistani Karakoram .

Caspersen was the Norwegian sport climbing champion in 1992, 1994 and 1998 .

literature

• Robert Caspersen. In: Store norske leksikon online, October 6, 2011.
• Stone-Ivar Gravdal: Ulvetanna, North Face. In: Alpinist, Volume 20, 2007.
• Robert Caspersen: The Trango Pulpit - A journey under the skin. In: American Alpine Journal , Volume 42, No. 74, 2000, pp. 91-99.

Web links

• Climbed the giant wall in Antarctica on Bergstieg.com, January 20, 2007

Individual evidence

1. ^ Józef Nyka: Jøkulkyrkia, Queen Maud Land. In: American Alpine Journal , Volume 69, No. 37, 1995, p. 225.
2. ↑ Aslak Aastorp: Rondespiret, First Ascent. In: American Alpine Journal , Volume 39, No. 71, 1997, p. 268.
3. ↑ Rondespiret and Other Ascents. In: American Alpine Journal , Volume 41, No. 73, 1999, pp. 341-342.
4. ^ Robert Caspersen: Norwegians return for Antarctic firsts. Newswire Alpinist.com, January 26, 2007.
5. ^ Trango Pulpit, Norwegian Trango Pulpit Direct. In: American Alpine Journal , Volume 42, No. 74, 2000, p. 338.