Peter Habeler
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Peter Habeler
Peter Habeler (born July 22nd 1942 in Mayrhofen, Austria) is an Austrian mountaineer.
Among his accomplishments as a mountaineer are first ascents in the Rocky Mountains (first European to climb on the Big Walls in Yosemite National Park).
After he started climbing with Reinhold Messner in 1969 several accomplishments in mountaineering followed. The most spectacular event was the first ascent without oxygen of Mount Everest in 1978 together with Messner, that had previously been held impossible.
Other 8000m-mountains he has climbed are: Cho Oyu, Nanga Parbat, Kangchenjunga and Hidden Peak.
He currently runs the Peter Habeler ski and mountaineering school in his home town of Mayrhofen, Austria.
