Erhard Loretan (28 April 1959 – 28 April 2011) was a Swiss mountain climber. He was the third man to climb all fourteen peaks over 8,000 meters, and the...

Loretan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan (born 1970), Swiss cross-country skier Erhard Loretan (1959–2011)...

the aid of bottled oxygen, a feat that was only repeated by the Swiss Erhard Loretan nine years later in 1995 (Kukuczka had used supplementary oxygen while...

first North American woman to summit Everest. 30 August 1986: Swiss Erhard Loretan and Jean Troillet, unprecedented and unrepeated, climbed the north face...

8000 meters, all in alpine style and without oxygen. Together with Erhard Loretan, Troillet climbed Everest in 1986. The pair holds the speed record for...

face (not reaching the main summit), Wojciech Kurtyka (Poland), FA by Erhard Loretan (Switzerland) and Jean Troillet (Switzerland) 1993: Far-right couloir...

climbed by C. Blum and U. Frei on 27 August 1967. Famed Swiss mountaineer Erhard Loretan died after a fall on the Grünhorn on 28 April 2011. Alps portal List...

Kukuczka (1981, 1983, 1984), Doug Scott (1993, Nanga Parbat attempt), Erhard Loretan (1988, 1990, 1991, 1997), Reinhold Messner (1982, Cho Oyu winter attempt)...

with Shambu Tamang, Ang Karma and Narayan Shrestha on August 28, 1985 Erhard Loretan and Jean Troillet in 1986 Sharon Wood and Dwayne Congdon on May 20,...

2009 – Richard Pratt, Polish-Australian businessman (b. 1934) 2011 – Erhard Loretan, Swiss mountaineer (b. 1959) 2012 – Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player...

Through climbing, she met Erhard Loretan, who would become her partner in climbing and life for the next decade. Together with Loretan, Niquille would make...

1953) US, rock climber and writer; author of How to Rock Climb series Erhard Loretan (1959–2011) Switzerland, 14 8,000m-plus summits (1982–1995) Alex Lowe...

He returned several times to the Himalayas, and in particular with Erhard Loretan and Jean Troillet. That year he would climb Pumori (7,161m). Romolo...

North Face of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps. In 1983, together with Erhard Loretan and Jean-Claude Sonnenwyl, Rüedi climbed the three main summits of the...

European Figure Skating Championships take place in Davos. 28 April – Erhard Loretan, mountain climber (died 2011) 9 November – Guy Parmelin, politician...

1949), German-Swiss entrepreneur and vice chairman of Liebherr Group Erhard Loretan (1959–2011), mountain climber Christina Liebherr (born 1979), equestrian...

(1994) Max Wallner (1995) Pasu I, Ski Ascent and Descent, AAJ 69, p. 296 Erhard Loretan, Travels in Another World, AJ, 1997 Col. M. P. Yadav (1996) First Ascent...

1993. The history of the Trophée des Gastlosen goes back to 1987, when Erhard Loretan had the idea to carry out the Patrouille des Poyets. The Trophée des...

peak was first climbed by Erhard Loretan, solo over the 2,100-metre-high (6,900 ft) south face, on December 1, 1994. Loretan returned the next year and...

the northeast ridge by Òscar Cadiach, Antoni Sors and Carles Vallès. Erhard Loretan and Jean Troillet climbed the North Face in a single push without oxygen...

13). Gene Fekete, 88, American football player (Cleveland Browns). Erhard Loretan, 52, Swiss mountaineer, third climber to scale all 14 eight-thousanders...

eight-thousanders faster than anybody else, establishing ten new routes. Erhard Loretan Swiss climber. Ascended all 14 8000ers, most establishing new routes...

established Swiss Accident Investigation Board is established April 28 – Erhard Loretan, mountain climber (born 1959) December 7 – Clemens Thoma, theologian...

Philippe (3 January 1997). "Les exploits d'Erhard Loretan passent devant le Goncourt" [Erhard Loretan's exploits beat the Goncourt]. La Liberté (in Swiss...

died on Mount Everest in 1982, was a personal friend of Trevor Braham. Erhard Loretan, who died in April 2011, a leading Swiss climber, and the 3rd person...

Name Dates Iwan Rickenbacher 1988–1992 Raymond Loretan 1992–1997 Hilmar Gernet 1997–2001 Reto Nause 2001–2008 Tim Frey 2009–2012 Béatrice Wertli 2012–2018...