Karl Blodig

Karl Blodig ( born October 16, 1859 in Vienna, † September 7, 1956 in Bregenz ) was an Austrian mountaineer, eye doctor and journalist.

Life

Karl Blodig was one of the outstanding personalities of his time climbers. Blodig 1911 was the first who had climbed all four peaks of the Alps to his own, then undisputed counting the summit, some of them first. He tells about it in his book The Four peaks in the Alps. The work, first published in 1923 is a classic alpine literature.

On his tours he was partially accompanied by his climbing team, the English landscape painter E. T. Compton.

Works

  • The four peaks of the Alps, mountain publisher Rudolf Rother, Munich 1923
  • Images from Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein, sl, sa
  • By the Montafon. With Map of Gerster 's hand 1:175.000 map of Vorarlberg, JN Teutsch, Bregenz sa
  • Vorarlberg, the Austrian Rhineland. A guide to the summer resorts winter sports resorts, mountains and valleys of the country, Bregenz 1928
  • Helmut Dumler: The four peaks of the Alps, 2nd Edition, Berg Publisher Rudolf Rother, Munich, undated, ISBN 3-7633-7429-9
  • Helmut Dumler: The four peaks of the Alps, 5th edition, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1968
  • Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt ( Illustr. ): Four peaks of the Alps, 11, completely revised and newly illustrated edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 1989, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2
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