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	Kurt Diemberger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kurt Diemberger (born 1932 in Austria), is the only remaining person alive that has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres.
		Diemberger was also the last person to see Hermann Buhl alive before he fell through a cornice_(climbing) on Chogolisa.
		Diemberger is still active in the mountaineering world and works on film projects with his daughter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurt_Diemberger (240 words)

	Adventurious
		Kurt is the only person alive to have made the first ascent of two of the world's 8,000 meter peaks, Broad Peak in 1957 and Dhaulagiri in 1960.
		Kurt has in all, climbed six of the eight-thousanders, however, he is probably best known for his 30+ year association with K2, and for surviving the "Black Summer" of 1986 which claimed the lives of 13 climbers.
		Kurt is one of the most renowned climbers, an influential writer who has published books in more than a dozen languages, and an indomitable survivor.
	www.adventurious.com /filmandvideos.html (437 words)

	Broad Peak: Some background and History
		Other important members of the party were Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger, climber and photographer and a legendary mountaineer, and Hermann Buhl, who is considered one of the best known postwar Austrian climbers and the first climber to Summit Nanga Parbat.
		It was, however, on June 9th, 1957 that Marcus Schmuck, Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger and Hermann Buhl climbed the peak without using oxygen and high altitude porters.
		(Diemberger followed by Buhl, June 27, after turning back when within striking distance of the summit of Chogolisa (7654 m), were groping their way back along the precipitous and heavily corniced S.E. Ridge when suddenly one of the cornices broke off and Buhl plunged to his death).
	www.everestnews.com /stories024/bphistory.htm (1670 words)

	Kurt Diemberger: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kurt Diemberger (born 1932 in Austria[For more, click on this link]), EHandler: no quick summary.
		Diemberger was also the last person to see Hermann Buhl Hermann Buhl quick summary:
		K2 (also known as mount godwin-austen, lambha pahar, chogori, kechu or dapsang) is a mountain in the karakoram, part of the himalaya...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ku/kurt_diemberger.htm (893 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In The Endless Knot, Kurt Diemberger tells of his growing obsession with this awesome mountain, which he first saw in 1957 when on an expedition with Hermann Buhl, a spell which he shared with the British climber Julie Tullis, his ropemate.
		In this compelling account of thirty years of climbing some of the world's highest and most difficult peaks, and of the tragic events of 1986, Kurt Diemberger brilliantly portrays K2 not as a mass of rock and ice to be climbed, but as a 'being' encompassed by spirits and demons.
		Through all the exhaustion and fear of the disastrous 1986 climb, almost in a state of trance, Kurt Diemberger felt himself at one with creation, part of the 'endless knot' which put him in harmony with the cosmos and with a force which in the end was to save his life.
	www.osat.org /Library/Title2.asp?BookID=+510 (368 words)

	Kurt Diemberger \| 8000metres.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kurt Diemberger is one of the finest mountaineers on the planet.
		Born in Austria in 1932 Diemberger is the only remaining person alive to have completed first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres.
		Reinhold Messner is friendly with Kurt, and in the past did actually invite him along on one of his expeditions to the south face of Makalu, but other members of the Messner party didn't want Kurt along, for some reason.
	www.8000metres.com /mountaineers/kurt-diemberger (188 words)

	Inhaltsseite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		KURT DIEMBERGER is the only living alpinist who has managed to reach the top of two mountains over 8.000 metres.
		Kurt Diemberger, coming from Salzburg, again, gets to the top without artificial oxygen.
		The lectures of Kurt Diemberger, Doug Scott und Thomas Huber draw the bow from the historic expeditions to the conquests of the world’s highest peaks, touching the “wild seventies” and in the end move over to extremely rock climbing activities at dizzy heights.
	www.mountainfuture.at /english/programs/0035Diemberger.htm (243 words)

	Broad Peak 8047m Literature
		Likewise, Diemberger is characterized as being weak, sandbagging, and not very competent (his lack of performance in handling a crevasse is one example).
		Diemberger was descending from the summit when he met Buhl, and turned around to accompany him back up to the top.
		Hence, Diemberger and Buhl were not done with their chores until well after the other two.) When they got back, they were both stunned and furious to find that Wintersteller and Schmuck had gone off and bagged another peak, Skil Brum.
	www.broadpeak.org /en/shop.php (7111 words)

	KURT DIEMBERGER BIOGRAPHY
		In 1986 Julie and Kurt made it to the summit of K2; the hour was extremely late, 7 p.m.
		When Kurt heard about her death, he got totally devastated.
		After this climb Diemberger said that it will never be the same again, but he keeps returning to the mountains, they have helped him before and will do so again.
	www.jerberyd.com /climbing/climbers/diemberger (440 words)

	The Kurt Diemberger Omnibus: Summits and Secrets : The Endless Knot : Spirits of the Air by Kurt Diemberger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of the world's most influential climbers, Kurt Diemberger is the only living person to have the distinction of two first ascents on the world's 8000-meter peaks, both climbed without supplemental oxygen.
		Diemberger for some reason had never been in the United States until his 40th year.
		Kurt's "married to the mountain" prose and his personal honesty make this a genuine monument in the literature.
	www.brightsurf.com /shop/0898866065/detail (1531 words)

	Broad Peak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first ascent of Broad Peak was made on June 9, 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl of an Austrian expedition led by Marcus Schmuck.
		A first attempt by the team was made on May 29 where Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger reached the forepeak (8,030m).
		Hermann Buhl fell to his death when he and Diemberger attempted to climb nearby Chogolisa peak (7,654m) on June 27, 1957.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Broad_Peak (323 words)

	TAC 42: K2 and counting: The Kurt Diemberger Omnibus
		But, having got the carping out of the way, I should leave you in no doubt that Diemberger is magnificent when he's just telling the story of something that's important to him - when he stops messing about trying to be funny or philosophical or dramatic.
		From the moment Diemberger and Tullis find a battered teapot in avalanche debris at the foot of the mountain (indicating the destruction of Camp 4, thousands of metres above), there is a constant sense of unease.
		In the chaos, Tullis and Diemberger end up in separate tents, and she subsequently dies in her sleep - Diemberger is at his most moving when he describes the last few words they exchange, neither of them able to see the other's face.
	bubl.ac.uk /org/tacit/tac/tac42/k2andcou.htm (784 words)

	TAC 56: Fiddling with the focus - some autumn gigs reviewed
		Kurt Diemberger was a cross between Brown and Destivelle: Homer's trousers with a continental blouson top.
		Diemberger interrupted his recollections to quote Greenlandic proverbs such as "only the spirits of the air know what is beyond the mountains".
		Kurt Diemberger at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, sponsored by the Rambler's Association Scotland and the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, 25 November
	bubl.ac.uk /org/tacit/tac/tac56/fiddling.htm (1039 words)

	SummitPost - Hermann Buhl (1924-1957) -- Articles
		After Diemberger has reached the summit he started to descent and was pretty surprised to meet Buhl ascending, despite of his frostbite.
		A few hours before he died Buhl said to Diemberger that this is the happiest day during this expedition and he always has dreamt of ascending such a mountain like a storm with one single push from basecamp.
		Diemberger was leading back down in difficult white out conditions, but they didn' t rope on.
	www.summitpost.org /article/173032/hermann-buhl-1924-1957-.html (1641 words)

	K2 climb - K2 and Karakorum by climbers, news
		Without oxygen or porters, Diemberger and fellow mountaineering legend Hermann Buhl were part of the team who first reach that summit.
		Along with British Julie Tullis, Diemberger would summit the ‘Savage Mountain’ only to be caught in a deadly storm during the descent.
		Kurt Diemberger was born in Austria in 1932.
	www.k2climb.net /story/ClimbingthePastTheIntensitiesofKurtDiembergerJan262005.shtml (807 words)

	Kurt Diemberger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The same Kurt Diemberger who stood on Broad Peak (8047m) with Hermann Buhl.
		The Diemberger who was with Buhl on Chogolisa (7654m) when he died.
		I first saw Kurt Diemberger during the first of his lectures centered around material covered in his book Spirits of the Air.
	communication.students.rmit.edu.au /media/amar_singh/Diemberger.html (3083 words)

	Mountain Posters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kurt is one of the world's foremost mountaineers, being one of only two people to make first ascents of two 8000-metre peaks - Broad Peak, with Hermann Buhl, and Dhaulagiri.
		Kurt Diemberger, who reached the summit during the disastrous 1986 season, has signed this print.
		Buhl, along with Diemberger, was the only person to have made the first ascent of two 8000m peaks.
	www.topworldbooks.com /posters_mountain.htm (4726 words)

	Books : The Endless Knot: K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Diemberger is one of the few climber authors to admit that attitude/fatigue could have affected his judgment and preception of events, which is refreshing.
		One odd gap in the story is their bivouac that Diemberger barely describes.
		Diemburger is the only living mountaineer to have made first ascent of two of the eight thousand metre peaks, along with ascents of most of the remaining peaks.
	chinaoutdoors.com /cgi-bin/amazon/apf.cgi?item_id=0898863007&search_type=AsinSearch&locale=us (691 words)

	Banff Mountain Mountain Summit Archives - 2000
		In a career spanning more than 35 years, Kurt Diemberger has been on more than twenty-two expeditions to the high peaks of inner Asia.
		After an 18-year period during which travel and adventure took him to the furthest corners of the globe, Diemberger returned again to the highest summits.
		With nineteen films and three books to his credit, Diemberger has received many awards for his creativity, including a shared Emmy for his camera work with an American team attempting the East Face of Everest.
	www.banffcentre.ca /mountainculture/archives/festivals/summit/2000/diemberger.htm (223 words)

	Mountaineering Books D-G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Diemberger recounts his and Julie Tullis' association with K2 and their struggle to survive during the tragic summer of 1986.
		Diemberger is only one of two people to make first ascents of two 8000-metre peaks.
		Diemberger and Julie Tullis served as the film team for this expedition.
	www.topworldbooks.com /mountaineering_d-g.htm (5998 words)

	Kurt Diemberger: The Endless Knot: K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny - Bøger
		Kurt Diemberger: The Endless Knot: K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny
		The heavy use of some extremely flowery adjectives may be due to the fact that this was originally written in German and later translated to English.
		Kurt Diemburger's, Endless Knot must be one of the greatest mountaineering books of the modern age, and sits easily with the likes of Hienrich Harrier's White spider and Joe Simpson's Touching the Void.
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/product_details.php/0898863007\|books\|K2 (681 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 - Summit meeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There is an Inuit proverb which has sustained veteran and now legendary climber and film-maker Kurt Diemberger throughout his life in the world’s highest and most hostile places: "Only the spirits of the air know what awaits me behind the mountains, but still I travel onwards."
		After the K2 catastrophe, Diemberger suggested that nothing could never be the same again, but such episodes haven’t deterred him from mountaineering.
		Kurt Diemberger will be at the Bonar Hall, Dundee on Sunday (01382 344175), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Monday (0141-353 8000) and Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore, on Tuesday (tickets at door).
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=1302522002 (831 words)

	Rock Climbing Media Reviews: Books, Movies, and more.
		The thing is, Diemberger has had the most extraordinary mountaineering life, both in terms of its range of experiences, and its longevity.
		Furthermore, it is compelling stuff: there are sad moments, intensity and passion, thrills, spills, death, tragedy, gore etc. Unfortunately Kurt does have a tendency to go on.
		Diemberger prefers the use of five sentences to describe an emotion when one will do, which can tax the patience of the reader.
	www.chockstone.org /Media/Review.asp?Action=Show&BookID=15&LimitFormat= (385 words)

	InfoHub - 2007 will be the Year of Broad Peak
		Other important members of the party were Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger and Hermann Buhl, who is considered one of the best known post-war Austrian climbers and the first climber to Summit Nanga Parbat.
		Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger reached the Forepeak (8030 m) but fog and the late hour forced them to return to Camp III.
		They were followed by the second team, Hermann Buhl and Kurt Diemberger - Diemberger reached the summit at 5.50pm and returned later to the peak together with Buhl.
	www.infohub.com /forums/showthread.php?p=22455#post22455 (628 words)

	Kurt Diemberger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Diemberger was also the last person to see Hermann Buhl alive before he fell through a cornice on Chogolisa.
		In 1986, Diemberger and Julie Tullis reached the summit of K2.
		The Endless Knot : K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny, 1991.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/k/ku/kurt_diemberger.html (186 words)

	Risk Online: Spain wins the 51st International Film Festival of mountains, exploration and adventure "CITTA DI TRENTO" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The International Jury, presided by the Austrian alpinist and filmmaker Kurt Diemberger, awarded the "Gold Gentian" Citta di Trento Grand Prize to the film by Alberto Inurrategi for the following reason: "filmed in fl and white this masterpiece explores the inner self where life and death are so close.
		The Gold Gentian Prize Citta di Bolzano for the best film on mountains was awarded to Schwabenkinder by the Austrian film director Jo Baier that "describes the problem of children sold as objects to fulfil the need for manual workers for rich farmers in Bavaria in the late 1800s".
		The 52nd International Film Festival of Mountains "Citta di Trento" will be held from 2 to 9 May 2004 and will be dedicated to K2, the 8000m peak of the Italians on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the first ascent.
	www.risk.ru /auto/msg/2003/05/19/2528_7.html (324 words)

	Everest - Mount Everest by climbers, news
		Kurt Diemberger and Hermann Buhl reach the summit later on the same day.
		Unlike many of the huge expeditions of those years, Hermann Buhl, Kurt Diemberger, Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller summited the peak without supplementary O2 or high altitude porters.
		On May 29, all members of the expedition left Camp III for an assault on the summit and Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger reached the Forepeak 8030 meters but fog and the late hour forced them to return to Camp III.
	www.mounteverest.net /news.php?id=1680 (935 words)

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