Rolf Walter (mountaineer)
Rolf Walter (born August 16, 1941 in Weyer ; † September 2 or 3, 1985 at Mont Blanc ) was an Austrian mountaineer.
Life
After attending the secondary school in Waidhofen / Ybbs, Rolf Walter completed a teaching degree for physical exercise and biology in Vienna and Innsbruck. He then took up teaching at the Bundes-Oberstufenrealgymnasium Innsbruck.
During his studies he was accepted into the mountain climbing club Die Karwendler and undertook difficult trips in the Alpine region. These included the north face of the Matterhorn , crossing the needles (Aiguilles) from Chamonix, the entire Peuterey ridge in two days as the fastest ascent at the time (together with Helmut Wagner), two winter ascent on the north face of Laliderer , the first winter ascent of the direct north face of the Peternschartenkopf as well as the Goldkappel and Schüsselkar south face, many of the most difficult routes in the Dolomites , in the Gesäuse and in the Northern Limestone Alps .
Together with his wife Senta, he climbed the Nevado Huascarán ( 6768 m ) and the Ranrapalca ( 6162 m ) in the Peruvian Andes as well as the Piks Lenin ( 7134 m ), Ismoil Somoni ( 7495 m ) and Korschenewskaja ( 7105 m ) in the Pamirs . On May 12, 1970 he was the first to climb the 8383 m high Lhotse Shar in the Himalayas together with Sepp Mayerl , using bottled oxygen. On May 9, 1975 he undertook an ascent of Yalung Kang ( Kangchenjunga W summit ), 8505 m .
In 1972 he received the Tyrolean State Sports Decoration (medal). Walter was also able to achieve top places in international sailing regattas (catamarans) in the Mediterranean, the Baltic and North Seas.
Together with his wife Senta, he froze to death on September 2 or 3, 1985, almost 70 m below the Mont Blanc summit after climbing the Peuterey ridge in a sudden fall in the weather. The weather stations later stated wind peak speeds of up to 200 km / h and temperatures around 15 degrees below zero for this period.
Web links
- Personal folder on Rolf Walter (collection of materials). (PDF; 449 kB) Historical Alpine Archives of the Alpine Clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol, accessed on June 2, 2013 .
- Letter from Rolf Walter from the main camp of Lhotse Shar to his wife
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt dated May 28, 1970 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dieter Porsche: Lhotse (8516 m) - Nepal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walter, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mountaineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weyer |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1985 or September 3, 1985 |
| Place of death | Mont Blanc , (Italy / France) |