ERHARD LORETAN BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1959. He lives in the mountain village of Crésuz, Switzerland. Receiced his diploma as a certificaded Swiss mountain guide in 1981. Started climbing at the age of 11. Four years later he made his first demanding climb by scaling off the rocky east ridge of the Doldenhorn (3,645 metres) Go fast and light is Loretan's philosophy. Against the Himalayan standards he has only roped himself once on the way to the eight 8,000 metre summits he's climbed with Jean Troillet, often by-passed bivouacs or stoves, carried minimal reserves of food and drinks. In january 2002 Erhard faced his perhaps greatest challange this far, he was accused for killing his seven months old son by shaking him to his death. After this incident, no new news have been heard about Erhard Loretan. Perhaps the mountains will help him to heel from this tragedy. © Per Jerberyd 1997-2002 - "The less time you spend up there, the safer you are" - Erhard Loretan SELECTED CLIMBS AND EXPEDITIONS 1980 Pallcaraju Ranrapalca Caras Artesonraju Huascaran 1982 Nanga Parbat 1983 Gasherbrum I Gasherbrum II Broad Peak 1984 Manaslu Annapurna (traverse) 1985 K2 Dhaulagiri Eiger North Wall 1986 40 Swiss Summits (in 19 days) Everest (40 hours BC and back) Cho Oyo 1987 Near fatal accident in the Bernese Alps 1988 Trango Tower 1989 13 North Faces (Bernese Alps) K2 (attempt) 1990 Mckinley Cho Oyo Shisha Pangma 1991 Makalu 1992 K2 1993 Kangchenjunga (attempt) 1994 Lhotse 1994 - Mont Epperly 1995 Kangchenjunga 1995 - Mont Loretan? (un-named mountain in Antarctic) 1997 Nanga Parbat (attempting the Mazeno Ridge with Voytek Kurtyka) 2000 Nanga Parbat (attempting the Mazeno Ridge with Jean Troillet) How to contact Erhard Loretan Fax: 0041 26 927 20 56 E -mail: eloretan@yahoo.fr » Return to the climbing heroes mainpage