Göran Kropp

Göran Kropp ( born December 11, 1966 in Eskilstuna, † September 30, 2002 at Vantage, Washington ( USA) was a Swedish mountaineer.

Kropp 1996 became known through his journey by bicycle from Stockholm to Nepal in the Himalayas and the subsequent ascent of Mount Everest ( 8848 m) without any outside help and without supplemental oxygen. Unlike other extreme mountaineers Göran Kropp had transported his entire mountain equipment with the bike itself transported (73 kg) and even without the help of carriers in the high camps. He was independent of foreign logistics. Kropp wrote a book about this expedition.

When he was at the Everest on 10 May 1996, he helped in some mountain rescue geratenen climbers who had joined two commercial expeditions and had not made ​​the descent into the advanced base camp due to overexertion and a sudden fall in temperature. On this and the following day twelve climbers, including the expedition leader Rob Hall and Scott Fischer died. It was the biggest disaster due to a deficient organized commercial expedition.

On 23 May 1996 Kropp climbed Mount Everest then in a second trial, which almost cost him his life due to the great efforts. Following the accession he rode a bicycle back to Sweden. In 1999 he ascended, this time with his partner Renata Chlumska, Mount Everest again.

Following his ascent of Everest in 1996, Kropp set the goal unassisted to sail with a sailboat in the Antarctic and continue to march to the South Pole.

September 30, 2002 accident Göran Kropp at a 20 - foot fall during the descent of the " Air Guitar " climbing route in Vantage, Washington State, USA deadly.

Achievements

Works

• Kropp, Göran; Lagercrantz, David: Alone on Everest, Goldmann, Munich, 1998, ISBN 3-442-15019-1.