William Hackett

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William D. Hackett (born October 12, 1918 - August 15, 1999 in Portland ) was an American mountaineer and polar explorer .

biography

Hackett grew up in Portland, Oregon and came to rock climbing and mountaineering in the mountains of the northwestern United States. At the age of 22 he joined the US military and remained in the US Army (including the 10th Mountain Division ) after the Second World War .

In 1947 he and Bradford Washburn made the fourth ascent of Mount McKinley . In 1951, Hackett, together with Jim Gale and Bradford Washburn, achieved the first ascent of today's normal route to Mount McKinley (West Buttress).

In 1949 he was the first US climber to climb Aconcagua. By 1956, Hackett had climbed the highest mountains on five continents: Mount McKinley (1947), Aconcagua (1949), Kilimanjaro (1950), Mount Kosciuszko (1956) and Mont Blanc (1956). At that time, Mont Blanc was considered by most to be the highest mountain in Europe.

Hackett already had a permit to climb Mount Everest in 1960, but was unable to carry out the expedition for various reasons. At the age of 67, he took part in an Antarctic expedition to Mount Vinson , but did not reach the summit himself, for him there were five peaks of the Seven Summits .

Hackett has reached both the North and South Poles on various research expeditions .

Alpinistic services (extract)

  • Mount McKinley , South Summit (June 6, 1947) and North Summit (July 6, 1947) with Bradford Washburn .
  • Aconcagua , 1949 Hackett first US climber on the highest mountain in South America.
  • Mount McKinley, October 7, 1951 First ascent of the West Buttress Route.
  • K2 , 1960, American-German K2 Expedition , reached an altitude of approx. 7600 meters.
  • Antarctica , 1985, Canadian-American Antarctica Expedition , attempted ascent on Mount Vinson.

swell

  1. ^ William D. Hackett , U.S. Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed May 16, 2017
  2. ^ A b American Alpine Journal : In Memoriam - William D. Hackett, 1918-1999 AAJ 2000, Volume 42, Issue 74, p. 435.
  3. ↑ Climbing history ( Memento from April 24, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on January 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b abc-of-mountaineering.com History of the Quest for the Seven Summits (2004) ( Memento of October 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 10, 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Hackett, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hackett, William D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mountaineer and polar explorer
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1999
Place of death Portland