Simon Anthamatten

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Simon Anthamatten (born June 16, 1983 in Zermatt ) is a mountaineer , mountain guide , ski instructor , mountain rescuer , actor and ice climber .

Life

Like his brothers Martin Anthamatten and Samuel Anthamatten, Simon Anthamatten was born, raised and still resident in Zermatt. On April 24, 2008, when he and Ueli Steck successfully climbed the Tengkampoche north face in Nepal for the first time, he received an emergency call from 7,400 meters in May 2008 while preparing to climb the south face of Annapurna . The Spanish climber Iñaki Ochoa de Olza had collapsed due to pulmonary edema. Despite the immediate deployment over two days and the timely delivery of the vital medication, Ochoa died on the spot that same night. Anthamatten and Steck were honored with the Prix ​​Courage from the magazine “Der Schweizerische Beobachter” for their rescue attempt . In the documentary: Drama in the Eiger North Face , he took on the role of Andreas Hinterstoißer .

Records

In his career, he ascended in record time: Jasemba , Bhagirathi , Mount Hunter , North Buttres , Fitzroy chain , Torres del Paine National Park , Cerro Torre , Eiger North Face , Mont Blanc , El Capitan .

First ascents and ascents:

  • 2008 First ascent of Tengkampoche (6500 m) together with Ueli Steck from April 21st to 24th,
  • 2008 ascent of the north face of the Matterhorn with Michael Lerjen in 2 hours and 33 minutes. In doing so, they beat the speed record of 1953, which was exactly three hours. In the same year, Piolet d'Or award .
  • 2009 overall ice climbing world cup winner
  • 2009 First ascent on the “Anthamatten Route” on the south face of the Matterhorn
  • 2013 First ascent of the south face of Kungyang Chhish (7400 m) in Pakistan

Anthamatten has been working as a mountain rescuer at Air Zermatt since 2006 and wants to be trained as a pilot there.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthamatten, Samuel and Simon. In: zermattportal.de. Zermattportal, accessed on August 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Les lauréats sont ... (Lauréats 2009). In: pioletsdor.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012 ; accessed on August 13, 2019 (French).
  3. ↑ vice
  4. ↑ Sissi Pärsch: The Horn - Vocation, Part 3 | Mountain worlds. In: bergwelten.com. October 24, 2016, accessed August 13, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Anthamatten, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ski mountaineer
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Zermatt