Markus Kronthaler
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Markus Kronthaler (April 5, 1967 - July 8, 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer and climber.
Kronthaler was born in Kufstein, Tyrol. He was officer in the alpine section of Austrian's Gendarmerie, which he left in 2003 for becoming a professional climber. Surviving a free fall of 150 meters (450 feet) into snow in January 2006, Kronthaler led a new expedition to Chogolisa and Broad Peak, Pakistan, in May 2006. Kronthaler died of exhaustion on Broad Peak after reaching the top on July 8. His body was left on the mountain.
In June 2007 an Austrian mountaineering team will travel to Pakistan for retrieving Kronthaler's dead body from Broad Peak.
[edit] Expeditions
- 2000: Shisha Pangma (8013 m), Himalaya, Tibet – Gendarmerie-Mountain Guides-Expedition
- 2002: Ama Dablam (6856 m), Himalaya, Nepal
- 2004: Muztagata (7546 m), Pamir, China
- 2004: Nanga Parbat (8125), Kashmir, Pakistan – „Nanga Parbat - Edelweissexpedition 2004“
- 2006: Broad Peak (8047 m) and Chogolisa (7665 m), Karakoram, Pakistan
[edit] External links
- „Welt der Berge“ Markus Kronthaler's official Website (German)
- „Broad Peak 2007“ Expedition in memoriam Markus Kronthaler, June to August 2007 (German)
- „Markus Kronthaler lost on Broad Peak“ K2climb.net
- „Markus Kronthaler lost on Broad Peak“ broadpeak.org
