Seth Abderhalden

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Seth Abderhalden (born January 18, 1926 in Nesslau ; † November 20, 1960 in a slab of snow in the Säntis area ) was a Swiss mountaineer and pioneer of extreme climbing in Switzerland.

Life

"Seth Abderhalden was one of the best and toughest mountaineers in Europe in the 1950s," writes mountaineer and politician Ruedi Schatz in an obituary. «He lived for the mountains. All his senses were focused on it and his whole way of life was determined by them. "

Abderhalden mastered the most difficult Dolomite and Mont-Blanc faces of its time. a. the north face of the western pinnacle, the west face of the Drus, the Sentinelle Rouge on Mont Blanc . In the Alpstein , in the Rätikon , in the Churfirsten and in the Bernese Alps , he achieved over 30 mostly extremely difficult first ascents. Seth Abderhalden was a member of the Alpstein KCA climbing club and took part in the 1959 expedition to the Peruvian Andes, organized by the KCA and the Swiss Alpine Club , where, among other things , he succeeded in climbing the highest peak in Peru , the Pumasillo . On November 20, he died in a slab on the ascent from Schwägalp to Tierwies in the Säntis area . At the Moor in the Alpstein and the Great Druze tower in the Rätikon there are commemorative routes for Seth Abderhalden.

Important first ascents

  • May 28, 1954: Second Kreuzberg southern intersection with Max Niedermann
  • 12./13. August 1954: Wetterhorn direct north face with Max Niedermann
  • August 7, 1957: Höhlenstock north face with Franz Anderrüthi
  • 1957 Large Druze tower southwest pillar. With Peter Diener
  • February 2, 1958: Brisi south face . First winter ascent with Paul Etter
  • 1958: Large Drusenturm southwest face with Peter Diener , today called "Seth Abderhalden Gedächtnisführe".
  • June 8, 1959: Pumasillo (6050 m), 3rd ascent with Franz Anderrüthi

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 50th anniversary of the Alpstein climbing club, Unterwasser 1998
  2. ^ Toni Hiebeler: Lexicon of the Alps 1977
  3. ↑ The Alps. SAC magazine 1961
personal data
SURNAME Abderhalden, Seth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss mountaineer
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Nesslau
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1960
Place of death Säntis