Zsolt Erőss
Zsolt Erőss (born March 7, 1968 in Miercurea Ciuc , Romania ; † probably on May 21, 2013 on Kangchenjunga ) was a Hungarian extreme mountaineer . He climbed ten of the fourteen eight-thousanders , including in 2002 the first Hungarian citizen to climb Mount Everest .
Life
Erőss started climbing in 1981. By 1993 he had climbed the five highest peaks in what was then the Soviet Union and received the Snow Leopard Order for it . He had lived in Hungary since 1992 and had taken Hungarian citizenship.
After taking part in expeditions to Mount Everest in 1996 and 2001 , he became the first Hungarian citizen to reach the summit. Previously, Zoltán Demján , a mountaineer from Hungary, had already climbed Mount Everest, although he was a Czechoslovak citizen.
In 2010 Erőss had an accident in the Tatra Mountains , as a result of which his right leg had to be amputated below the knee . He then received a prosthesis , but was able to continue climbing anyway. In 2011 he climbed the Lhotse and on May 20, 2013, together with his partner Péter Kiss, the Kangchenjunga . Both climbers were killed on the descent to the base camp at an altitude of 7600 meters.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mountain climbers Zsolt Erőss and Péter Kiss disappeared while descending from Kangchenjunga summit. Information on hungarianambiance.com, May 22, 2013 (English). Retrieved June 10, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erőss, Zsolt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian extreme mountaineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miercurea Ciuc , Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | at May 21, 2013 |
| Place of death | Kangchenjunga |