17 September 1944
Known for:
- Being the first mountaineer to summit all 14 eight-thousanders
- His climbs were also all amongst the first 20 ascents for each mountain individually
- Becoming the first climber to summit all peaks of the 7-summit
- First person to cross Antarctica and Greenland without sledges or snowmobiles and Gobi desert alone
- Recipient of the Genius World Records 9 times;
- First ascent of Manaslu without supplementary oxygen
- First solo summit of Everest
- First ascent of Everest and K2 without supplementary oxygen – male
- First ascent of the top three highest mountains without supplementary oxygen – male
- First 8,000-metre mountain hat-trick
- First person to climb all 8,000-metre mountains without supplementary oxygen
- First person to climb all 8,000-metre mountains
- First ascent of Everest without supplementary oxygen
- First ascent of Gasherbrum I without supplementary oxygen
Notable Climbs:
- All 14 highest peaks of the world
- All 7 highest peaks of each continent
- McKinley, 6193
- Aconcagua, 6959
- Kilimanjaro, 5895
- Ama Dablam, 6812
- Dolomites
- Ortler
- Grandes Jorasses
- Agnér
- Furchetta
- Heiligkreuzkofel
- Marmolada
- Andes
- Droites
- Yerupaja
and a lot more prominent peaks all around the world
After losing 7 of his toes due to frostbite, the legendary mountaineer since 1970 has been focusing on big mountains of ice blocks and without much rocks.
Picture Source and Additional Read: Wikipedia
