- Karl Wien
Karl Wien (
10 September 1906 - "c."14 June 1937 ) was a Germanmountaineer .Born in
Würzburg , Wien was the son of a universityprofessor , and became a lecturer himself in thegeography department ofMunich University . His mountaineering career began in theAlps , where withWilli Welzenbach he made thefirst ascent of the north face of theGrossglockner .cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Dr Karl Wien |url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1985-12-31&fromDate=1785-01-01¤tPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=Karl+Wien§ionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1937-06-23-18&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1937-06-23-18-012&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=175&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=1&date_mm_From=01&date_yyyy_From=1785&date_dd_to_range=31&date_mm_to_range=12&date_yyyy_to_range=1985&date_dd_from_precise=1&date_mm_from_precise=01&date_yyyy_from_precise=1785&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= |work= |publisher=The Times |date=23 June, 1937 |accessdate=2008-08-09 ] Outside Europe he made a number of visits toAfrica and theHimalaya , including Paul Bauer's 1931 attempt onKangchenjunga , and a 1936 expedition toSikkim during which he made the first ascent ofSiniolchu .In 1937 Karl Wien was chosen to lead a German expedition to
Nanga Parbat , the first since ten climbers had died on the mountain in 1934. Some time between the 14th and 16th of June, Wien was camped with fifteen other climbers at Camp IV, belowRakhiot Peak , when it was overwhelmed by a massiveavalanche . All sixteen men were killed in what remains the worst single disaster ever to occur on an eight thousand metre peak. [cite book |title=Abode of the Snow |last=Mason
first=Kenneth|authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1955 |publisher=Rupert Hart-Davis |pages=pp.234-236Reprinted 1987 by Diadem Books, ISBN 978-0906371916 ]References
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