Stefan Glowacz

Stefan Glowacz (born on March 22, 1965 in Bavaria, Germany) is a professional rock climber and adventurer. He started climbing at the age of 15 and advanced to one of the world's best sports climbers only few years later. Since 1993 he has been devoted to natural challenges including expeditions to remote places in Canada, Patagonia, Antarctica.

Success in sport climbing

* 1987, 1988, 1992 Rock Master
* Winner of the Olympic Games' demonstration challenge in Albertville
* 1993 Vice World Champion

Achievements in rock climbing

* 1994 "Des Kaisers neue Kleider" (X+/8b+/5.14a), hardest route in the Alps for at least 9 years
* First ascents of big walls at the "Renard Tower", Antarktis, "Tupilak" and "Ulamartorsuaq" in Eastern resp. Southern Greenland, and "Mount Harrison Smith" in Canada
* 2001 he succeeded to be the first in fulfilling the Trilogy of the three hardest multipitch routes of the Alps (all established in 1994) including "End of silence" (X/8b/5.13d) of Thomas Huber, and "Silbergeier" (X/8b/5.13d) of Beat Kammerlander
* 2006 nominated for the Piolet d'Or for establishing a 27 pitch route (IX+/7c+/5.13a, A2, M4) up the north wall of the Mullaron, Patagonia.

Books, Films

* Richtig Freiklettern
* Rocks around the World
* Hoch hinaus
* Titlis – Chronik einer Erstbegehung, DVD
* The Race, DVD
* 1991, "Cerro Torre: Scream of the Stone", (dir. Werner Herzog), DVD

External links

* http://www.glowacz.de
* [http://www.climbandmore.com/climbing,205,0,1,climbers.html www.climbandmore.com]