Rudolf L. Kusdas
Rudolf L. Kusdas (* 1858 in Unter-Zirknitz (Styria), † September 13, 1935 in Vienna ) was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher.
Life
Kusdas, who was an elementary school teacher by profession, devoted himself to mountaineering and hiking in his free time. In the two decades before 1900 he was one of the pioneers of driverless mountaineering (in association with famous mountaineers such as Ludwig Purtscheller or Eugen Guido Lammer ) and single-handedly climbed many peaks in the Eastern Alps, especially in the Ötztal Alps group .
Kusdas was initially a member of the Lower Austrian Mountain Association, later of the Austrian Mountain Association. Since 1925 he was its honorary member. He knew all groups of the Eastern Alps and the most important of the Western Alps and carried out most of his new ascents in the 1890s.
Known first climbs
- Schalwand , 2934 m ( Ötztal Alps )
- Wassertalkogel , 3250 m, (Ötztal Alps)
- (Falkauner) Köpfle, 2834 m, (Ötztal Alps)
literature
- Hösch: Kusdas Rudolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 371.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kusdas, Rudolf L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mountaineer and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Unter-Zirknitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1935 |
| Place of death | Vienna |