Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n mountaineer.
He was born in
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...
. In 1978 he graduated from
Tartu State University
The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.
Since 1974 he has been active in mountaineering. 1976–1989 he was a member of Estonian national mountaineers team. In total, he is surpassed mountains higher than 7000 m in 16 times.
1980–2000 he was the president of Tartu mountaineers' club Firn.
Awards:
* Snow Leopard award
* 2006 ()