Tomo ÄŒesen

Tomo Česen ( born November 5, 1959 in Kranj, Yugoslavia, now Slovenia ) is a Slovenian mountaineers and climbers. In climbers circles he is one of the most controversial personalities, as it can rarely provide evidence of its benefits.

Special mountaineering achievements

In 1985 Česen climbed the north face of Kangchenjunga West summit with his climbing partner Borut Bergant, but died on the descent. Česen then had to descend alone, without equipment of 8300 m height. 1986 Česen managed the ascent of Broad Peak. Then he went to the K2, even though he only had a permit to climb Gasherbrum II. He clung to the K2 only briefly at the base camp and then went alone a new route on the shoulder. Although he could not reach the summit due to bad weather, this route has since called on the SSO back Česen route. For the first time to the summit via this route was a Basque expedition with Juanito Oiarzabal in 1994. Thus this route got even as the word Basque route. In 1989 Česen went to the North Face of Jannu, which he allegedly went alone on a new route. On the way down he should have used a different route. Since there is no evidence for his successful ascent, it is often doubted. This route on Jannu was also not repeated.

A year later succeeded Česen supposedly the first ascent of Lhotse south face. He was alone on the mountain road and reached according to him on 24 April the summit. As a testament to his ascent Česen put before a photo that was demonstrably not made ​​by him. He had become very unreliable. A Russian expedition succeeded in the same year without a doubt the ascent of the south face.

Since the 1990s Česen as a sport climber on the go.

Swell

• Portrait of Tomo Česen on the side bergfieber.de ( accessed 27 March 2010)

• Mountaineers (Slovenia )
• Mountaineers (Yugoslavia)
• Born in 1959
• Man