Tomaž Humar

Tomaž Humar (born February 18 1969 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian mountaineer. He has completed over 1500 ascents, and has won a number of mountaineering and other awards, including the Piolet d'Or in 1996 and the Silver Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia in 1999. He is married, has two children and lives in Kamnik. Before his solo ascent of the south wall of Dhaulagiri (considered one of the most dangerous routes in the Himalayas) in 1999, Elizabeth Hawley said about him: "He is crazy, but definitely not stupid."

During a solo attempt to climb Nanga Parbat in 2005, Humar became trapped by avalanches at an altitude of nearly 6000 metres. After four days in a snow cave he was rescued by a Pakistani army helicopter crew on 10 August 2005.

On October 28 2007, Humar reportedly summitted Annapurna I (8091 m) via the South Face.

References

* Tomaž Humar: "Ni nemogočih poti", ISBN 961-6403-23-0 COBISS|ID=112438016 sl icon

External links

* [http://www.humar.com/en/index.php Tomaž Humar weblog]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4137160.stm BBC News] - Climber rescued from major peak