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Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth (12 November 1886 – 14 April 1975) was a German-born, German and Swiss mountaineer, geologist and Himalayan explorer. He won a gold medal in alpinism at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He led the International Himalaya Expedition (IHE) 1930 to Kangchenjunga, and another one, IHE 1934, to the Baltoro-region in the Karakorams, especially to explore the Gasherbrum-Group. This expedition made the first ascent of Sia Kangri and some of its sub-peaks and provided detailed information about the accessibility of the 8000ers Gasherbrum I and II. The first ascent of Gasherbrum I in 1958 was accomplished via the route proposed by Dyhrenfurth following the so-called IHE-spur and the SE-ridge.
Dyrenfurth was a very influential alpinist, expedition leader and chronicler of mountaineering. His son Norman G. Dyhrenfurth was also a mountaineer and became an important expedition leader and film maker.
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Demon of the Himalayas (1935)
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GenderMale
Birthday1886-11-12
Deathday1975-04-14 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceBreslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
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ChildrenNorman Dyhrenfurth
MotherKäthe Dyhrenfurth
CitizenshipsGermany, Switzerland
Also Known AsGünter Oskar Dyhrenfurt
AwardsCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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