Wolfgang Nairz

Wolfgang Nairz (born November 27, 1944 in Kitzbühel ) is an Austrian mountaineer and entrepreneur . In addition to his work as a mountain guide , he led many expeditions in the Himalayas and was one of the first three Austrians to climb Mount Everest . He has been an independent PR consultant since 1997 . In 1999 he organized the hot air balloon world championship in Bad Waltersdorf . He is married to his wife Etti.

Alpinism

After training as a certified mountain and ski guide in 1967, Nairz worked for almost ten years in glacier surveying and then became a mountain guide trainer.

In 1972 he led his first Himalayan expedition to the south face of Manaslu ( 8163  m ). Reinhold Messner climbed the wall for the first time. In 1974 he supervised the expedition to the south face of Makalu ( 8485  m ), but the expedition failed. In 1974 and 1976 his expeditions on the Noshak ( 7485  m ) set altitude records in hang-gliding . In 1978, Wolfgang Nairz was the leader of the first Austrian expedition to Mount Everest ( 8,848  m ). With Robert Schauer and Horst Bergmann, he managed the first Austrian ascent of the highest mountain in the world. Also as part of this expedition, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler climbed Mount Everest for the first time without additional oxygen. Franz Oppurg also managed the first solo ascent. On the Ama Dablam ( 6856  m ) Nairz worked twice as an expedition leader, in 1979 and 1985. A winter expedition to Cho Oyu ( 8188  m ) failed in 1982 as did one to Dhaulagiri ( 8167  m ). In contrast, Messner and Hans Kammerlander were successful at Makalu in 1986. In total, Nairz traveled to Nepal and Tibet more than 70 times.

Publications

• with Karin Kappacher: hang gliding . A dream comes true (with illustrations by Johann Kappacher). Goldmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 978-3-442-10649-3 .
• with Werner Kopacka (ed.): Summit victory on Everest . Expedition of the world records of the Alpine Club 1978. Molden, Munich 1982, ISBN 978-3-217-00991-2 .
• with Reinhold Messner and O. Bölz: Makalu-Südwand . BLV, Munich 1982, ISBN 978-3-405-11470-1 .
• Nepal - wander through and experience . Travel and hiking guide through Nepal with experience reports. Steiger, Innsbruck 1984, ISBN 978-385423-028-1 .
• Tyrolean mountain tours - picture book with accompanying booklet . Tyrolia, Innsbruck / Vienna 1984, ISBN 978-3-7022-1514-9 .
• with Werner Auer: Nepal - Travel and Trekking . Steiger, Innsbruck 1993, ISBN 978-3-85423-112-7 .
• with Cornelia Dittmar: balloon rides . Steiger, Innsbruck 1997, ISBN 978-3-89652-073-9 .
• with Karl Gabl : Innsbruck alpine. Past present Future. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2001, ISBN 978-3-7022-1912-3 .
• The wild seventies in the Himalayas . Egoth, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-902480-49-1 .
• with Reinhold Messner: Storm on Manaslu . Drama on top of the world. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-89405-858-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summit list of the Alpine Society Gipfelstürmer (gipfel.iso-gewinde.at) ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Nairz in the catalog of the German National Library
• CV Wolfgang Nairz on his commercial website