Peter Kittilsby Schoening (July 30, 1927 – September 22, 2004) was an American mountaineer. Schoening was one of two Americans to first successfully climb the Pakistani peak Gasherbrum I in 1958, along with Andrew Kauffman, and was one of the first to summit Mount Vinson in Antarctica in 1966.
Schoening is perhaps best remembered for his heroics during "The Belay" while part of the American K2 expedition in 1953, where he single-handedly averted the loss of the entire expedition.[1]
^Rowell, Galen (1977). In The Throne Room of the Mountain Gods. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 226–234. ISBN 0-87156-184-0.
Peter Kittilsby Schoening (July 30, 1927 – September 22, 2004) was an American mountaineer. Schoening was one of two Americans to first successfully climb...
was standard issue for the members of the expedition. On 5 July 1958, PeteSchoening and Andy Kauffman were the first men to stand atop Gasherbrum I, the...
experience Sandy Hill Pittman (41) – had climbed six of the Seven Summits PeteSchoening (68) – one of the first to climb Gasherbrum I and Mount Vinson; known...
came onto PeteSchoening, who had been belaying Gilkey and Molenaar. Quickly wrapping the rope around his shoulders and ice axe, Schoening held all six...
the 1996 Mount Everest disaster (Klev was the nephew of mountaineer PeteSchoening). In theatre, Chris has appeared in works at Shakespeare's Globe, The...
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) PeteSchoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
embolism. His fellow expedition members, including Charles Houston and PeteSchoening, immediately turned back in an attempt to save his life. During the...
extreme remoteness. Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958, by PeteSchoening and Andy Kauffman of an eight-man American expedition led by Nicholas...
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) PeteSchoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) PeteSchoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
and five other climbers to begin falling down a steep slope. Climber PeteSchoening wedged his ice axe alongside a boulder, and managed to belay the roped...
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) PeteSchoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) PeteSchoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
Gilkey became critically ill. A desperate retreat followed, during which PeteSchoening saved almost the entire team during a mass fall (known simply as The...
attempt of the first ascent of the peak. Their fall was arrested by PeteSchoening in one of the greatest feats of mountaineering. Bell went on several...
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) PeteSchoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
altitude first ascent first winter ascent Gasherbrum I 8068 m 1958 by PeteSchoening and A. J. Kauffman (USA) 2012 by Adam Bielecki, Janusz Gołąb [pl] (Poland)...
who made the first ascent of Gasherbrum I on 5 July 1958 alongside PeteSchoening. He also made the first ascent of Mount Proteus in 1947. Kauffman also...
Harada, Shigeki Imoto, Kunga Sherpa. 1996 - Everest, SE Ridge with PeteSchoening, Anatoli Boukreev et al, May 1–13. Death of Scott Fischer. 2000 - Everest...
Johnson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) 1927 – PeteSchoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004) 1927 – Victor Wong, American actor (d...
Schöning or Schoening may refer to: Bill Schoening, American radio sportscaster Chevalier Schoening, a pseudonym of a European courtier Gerhard Schöning...
1932) 2003 – Hugo Young, English journalist and author (b. 1938) 2004 – PeteSchoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927) 2004 – Ray Traylor Jr., American professional...
control roped together down the mountain. When the last roped man, PeteSchoening, was about to be plucked off by the accelerating climbers, he was remarkably...
Cubs). Martha Van Coppenolle, 92, Belgian artist and book illustrator. PeteSchoening, 77, American mountaineer legend. Ray Traylor, 42, American professional...
Type of rock Breccia Climbing First ascent July 23, 1950 by Fred Beckey, PeteSchoening, Phil Sharpe Easiest route glacier travel, class 3-4 scrambling...
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