Franz Oppurg

==Solo ascent of Mount Everest==

==Solo ascent of Mount Everest==

Oppurg was a member of the 1978 Austrian expedition let by Wolfgang Nairz when he climbed to the summit, solo, from the South Col.<ref name=west/> When he got the [[South Summit (Mount Everest)|South Summit]] he discovered his oxygen was all gone, but was lucky enough to find an unused oxygen bottle in the snow, which allowed him to get to the top. Oppurg summited ten days after [[Reinhold Messner]] and [[Peter Habeler]] reached the summit of Everest from the North side without using supplementary oxygen.<ref name=fröhlich>{{cite web |url=https://tirol.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2933228/ |first=Helena |last=Fröhlich |title=Der vergessene Everest-Solist |language=de |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] |accessdate=25 December 2021}}</ref> It is possible that [[Mick Burke (mountaineer)|Mick Burke]] reached the summit of Everest via the Southwest face, as part of the [[1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition]] led by [[Chris Bonington]]; he did not return from his attempt after a snowstorm hit the mountain. After Oppurg, Reinhold Messner was the next solo cliimber; he climbed Everest alone, without oxygen, from the North side.<ref name=west>{{cite book |title=Everest: The Testing Place |first=John B. |last=West |page=143 |location=New York |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=1985 |isbn=0070695024}}</ref>

Oppurg was a member of the 1978 Austrian expedition led by Wolfgang Nairz when he climbed to the summit, solo, from the South Col.<ref name=west/> When he got the [[South Summit (Mount Everest)|South Summit]] he discovered his oxygen was all gone, but was lucky enough to find an unused oxygen bottle in the snow, which allowed him to get to the top. Oppurg summited ten days after [[Reinhold Messner]] and [[Peter Habeler]] reached the summit of Everest from the North side without using supplementary oxygen;<ref name=fröhlich>{{cite web |url=https://tirol.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2933228/ |first=Helena |last=Fröhlich |title=Der vergessene Everest-Solist |language=de |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] |accessdate=25 December 2021}}</ref> (Messner and Habeler were members of the same expedition.<ref>{{cite book |first=Reinhold |last=Messner |page=315 |title=The Crystal Horizon: Everest, the First Solo Ascent |translator-last1=Neate |translator-first1=Jill |translator-last2=Salkeld |translator-first2=Audrey |year=1989 |publisher=The Mountaineers |location=Seattle}}</ref>) It is possible that [[Mick Burke (mountaineer)|Mick Burke]] reached the summit of Everest via the Southwest face, as part of the [[1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition]] led by [[Chris Bonington]]; he did not return from his attempt after a snowstorm hit the mountain. After Oppurg, Reinhold Messner was the next solo cliimber; he climbed Everest alone, without oxygen, from the North side.<ref name=west>{{cite book |title=Everest: The Testing Place |first=John B. |last=West |page=143 |location=New York |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=1985 |isbn=0070695024}}</ref>

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