Fritz Moravec
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Fritz Moravec (April 27, 1922 in Vienna, Austria, March 17, 1997 in Vienna) was an Austrian mountaineer, author and famous alpinist.
[edit] Life
He is most famous for the first ascent of Gasherbrum II, the last mountain of the Eight-thousander in the Karakoram that was unclimbed in the 1950s.
[edit] Works
Weiße Berge - schwarze Menschen, 1958; Dhaulagiri - Berg ohne Gnade, 1960; Gefahren und Gefährten, 1961.
[edit] See also
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