The 'bad step' on the Aiguille Méridionale d’Arves showing L. Purtscheller and Karl Blodig. Illustration by E.Compton, 1895.
Purtscheller pioneered climbing without a mountain guide, who in the 19th century did all the route finding and lead climbing. By the end of his life he had recorded climbing over 1,700 mountains. A celebrated climb was the traverse of the Meije together with the Zsigmondy brothers in 1885, which to this date is considered a classic alpine route. He is best known as the first European to ascend Kilimanjaro in 1889, together with the German mountaineer Hans Meyer.
After a descent of the Aiguille du Dru with G. Löwenbach and Jakob Oberhollenzer on 25 August 1899, an ice axe broke and the rope team fell into a bergschrund. Purtscheller was injured and he was transferred to a hospital in Geneva and later Bern. After several months of recovery, he contracted pneumonia and died on the approximate date of his planned return home. In a eulogy, the American climber and mountain historian W.A.B. Coolidge called him "the greatest mountaineer who had ever lived".[1]
References
^Fritz Schmitt, Ludwig Purtscheller, Bergsteiger, July 1984
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ludwig, purtscheller, october, 1849, march, 1900, austrian, mountaineer, teacher, personal, informationnationalityaustrianborn, 1849, october, 1849innsbruck, austrian, empiredied3, march, 1900, 1900, aged, bern, switzerlandoccupationmountaineer, teacherclimbin. Ludwig Purtscheller 6 October 1849 3 March 1900 was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher Ludwig PurtschellerPersonal informationNationalityAustrianBorn 1849 10 06 6 October 1849Innsbruck Austrian EmpireDied3 March 1900 1900 03 03 aged 50 Bern SwitzerlandOccupationMountaineer teacherClimbing careerKnown forKilimanjaro first ascent Meije first traverseThe bad step on the Aiguille Meridionale d Arves showing L Purtscheller and Karl Blodig Illustration by E Compton 1895 Purtscheller pioneered climbing without a mountain guide who in the 19th century did all the route finding and lead climbing By the end of his life he had recorded climbing over 1 700 mountains A celebrated climb was the traverse of the Meije together with the Zsigmondy brothers in 1885 which to this date is considered a classic alpine route He is best known as the first European to ascend Kilimanjaro in 1889 together with the German mountaineer Hans Meyer After a descent of the Aiguille du Dru with G Lowenbach and Jakob Oberhollenzer on 25 August 1899 an ice axe broke and the rope team fell into a bergschrund Purtscheller was injured and he was transferred to a hospital in Geneva and later Bern After several months of recovery he contracted pneumonia and died on the approximate date of his planned return home In a eulogy the American climber and mountain historian W A B Coolidge called him the greatest mountaineer who had ever lived 1 References Edit Fritz Schmitt Ludwig Purtscheller Bergsteiger July 1984 This biographical article relating to an Austrian sportsperson is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article relating to climbing or mountaineering is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ludwig Purtscheller amp oldid 1108125229, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
