Kurt Diemberger

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Kurt Diemberger is an Austrian mountaineer and filmmaker renowned as one of the few climbers to have made first ascents on two 8,000-meter peaks.

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Kurt Diemberger canonical 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
filmmaker ⓘ
human ⓘ
mountaineer ⓘ
activeInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
amputations parts of both legs below the knee ⓘ
climbed Broad Peak ⓘ
Dhaulagiri ⓘ
continuedActivityAfterInjury filmmaking ⓘ
lecturing ⓘ
writing ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-03-16 ⓘ
eightThousanderFirstAscentCount 2 ⓘ
expeditionMemberOf 1957 Broad Peak expedition ⓘ
1960 Dhaulagiri expedition ⓘ
familyName Diemberger ⓘ
fieldOfWork high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ
mountain cinematography ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre mountaineering literature ⓘ
givenName Kurt ⓘ
knownFor first ascents of two eight-thousanders ⓘ
high-altitude expedition photography ⓘ
mountaineering films ⓘ
languageSpoken German ⓘ
lostCompanion Julie Tullis ⓘ
madeFirstAscentOf Broad Peak ⓘ
Dhaulagiri ⓘ
name Kurt Diemberger self-link ⓘ
nationality Austrian ⓘ
notableEvent 1986 K2 disaster ⓘ
notableWork K2: The Endless Knot ⓘ
Summits and Secrets ⓘ
occupation lecturer ⓘ
mountain guide ⓘ
writer ⓘ
oneOfFewToHaveFirstAscentsOnTwoEightThousanders true ⓘ
placeOfBirth Austria ⓘ
Carinthia ⓘ
Villach ⓘ
subjectOf K2: The Endless Knot ⓘ
sufferedInjury severe frostbite on K2 ⓘ
survived 1986 K2 disaster ⓘ
wrote K2: The Endless Knot ⓘ
Spirits of the Air ⓘ
Summits and Secrets ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dhaulagiri → firstAscentBy → Kurt Diemberger ⓘ
Broad Peak → firstAscentBy → Kurt Diemberger ⓘ
K3 → firstAscentBy → Kurt Diemberger ⓘ
Hermann Buhl → partnerInClimbing → Kurt Diemberger ⓘ
Bride Peak → notableAttemptBy → Kurt Diemberger ⓘ
Kurt Diemberger → name → Kurt Diemberger self-link ⓘ