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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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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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