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

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''(Österreichische Deutsche Grönland Expedition 1962)'' that climbed a number of unscaled peaks in the Sermilik 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, considered the highest unclimbed peak 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

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

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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