Toni Dürnberger (11 September 1932 – 17 August 1992) was an Austrian mountaineer and expedition leader.

Biography

From April to July 1962, Dürnberger led the Austro-German Expedition to

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland ...

''(Österreichische Deutsche Grönland Expedition 1962)'' that climbed a number of unscaled peaks in the

Sermilik Sermilik ( da, Egede og Rothes Fjord) is a fjord in eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality. The settlement of Tasiilaq is located about 15 km to the east of the mouth of the fjord. Geography This fjord, whose Gre ...

sector from April to July 1962. The expedition climbed a total of 37 peaks in the area, including some near the Southern Sermilik fjord.AAJ - North America, Sermelikfjord, Southwest Greenland
/ref> In 1966 Dürnberger led a second expedition that climbed for the first time remote

Mount Paatusoq Mount Paatusoq, also known as 'Mount Patuersoq', is the highest mountain in the Kujalleq municipality, SE Greenland. Paatusoq is also the highest peak in the King Frederick VI Coast area of far southeastern Greenland. History Long considered the ...

, considered the

highest unclimbed peak An unclimbed mountain is a mountain peak that has yet to be climbed to the top. Determining which unclimbed peak is highest is often a matter of controversy. In some parts of the world, surveying and mapping are still unreliable. There are no co ...

in southern Greenland. Battling very difficult conditions, some of the team members fell into a crevasse and one of them was seriously injured.AAJ - North America, Greenland, South Greenland
/ref> Together with Austrian expedition member Ernst Herzinger and German members Stefan Rausch and Alois Häusl, Toni Dürnberger published articles of geographical interest on the little-known areas of Greenland he visited. Toni Dürnberger died in a fall, together with his wife Elfi, while descending

Khan Tengri Khan Tengri is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range. It is on the China—Kyrgyzstan—Kazakhstan tripoint, east of lake Issyk Kul. Its geologic elevation is , but its glacial icecap rises to . For this reason, in mountaineering c ...

after having successfully climbed the 7,010m high peak located in the

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

border on 17 August 1992.Video in Gedenken an den österreichischen Bergsteiger Toni Dürnberger
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Publications

*Dürnberger T. et al. ''Erlebnisbericht über die Österreichisch-Deutsche Grönlandexpedition 1962''. Jahrbuch des Österreichischen Alpenvereins 1963. Vol 88.

References

External links

Toni Dürnberger posthumous fb pageAlpinWiki - Dürnberger Toni
1932 births 1992 deaths Austrian explorers Austrian mountain climbers {{explorer-stub