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Toni Egger

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Toni Egger

Born — Died

1926-09-12 — 1959-02-02

Place of birth

Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

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2 titles

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Toni Egger (September 12, 1926 – February 2, 1959) was an Austrian mountaineer from Tyrol. An exceptional climber, specialist in the Eastern Alps, Toni Egger is known for his extraordinary rapids. In 1957, he led an expedition to the Huayhuash Cordillera. In 1959, it was made in Patagonia with Cesare Maestri. The reward for issuing the attempt to climb Cerro Torre was required for an ice avalanche. His body was not found until 1975. Accompanied by Toni Egger and Cesarino Fava, Cesare Maestri returned to Patagonia in 1959 to attack Cerro Torre. After a few lengths, Fava drops the case, he will not succeed. The other two persistent pass and the hours without the base camp having any news of t…

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Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell poster
6.7

Movie about David Lama climbing the Patagonian mountain Cerro Torre for the first time free, a mountain that has been dubbed the most difficult to climb in the world.

Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell

2013

Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche poster
10.0

In 1959, Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger are said to have been the first to climb the more than 3,000-metre-high granite needle of Cerro Torre. Egger had a fatal accident on the descent and Maestri was unable to prove that they had reached the summit. Reinhold Messner searches for the truth in this documentary.

Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche

2019

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