Michael Dacher
Michael Dacher (21 August 1933 – 3 December 1994) was a German mountaineer and extreme climber. In 1979 he and Reinhold Messner climbed the K2 in record time and without oxygen equipment. A primary school in Khadambas, a village 80 km east of Kathmandu in Nepal, has been named after him. Dacher was born in Peiting. Climbs Europe 1950 Geiselstein in the Ammer Mountains 1951 Geiselstein south face, south cut, east cut, first five-day tour 1952 Fleischbank, southeast face, Bauernpredigtstuhl-Alte Westwand 1953 Fleischbank-Südostverschneidung, Mauk, west face (Buhlroute), Schüsselkarspitze, southeast face, Große Zinne-Norwand (Comici) 1954 Predigtstuhl – direct west face (4th ascent) Große Zinne, north face (Comici), 4th solo ascent 1955 Torre di Valgrande, northwest face (Carlessoführe), many solo tours in local Ammer Mountains 1956/57 first West Alpine journey, Westliche Zinne, north face (Cassin) 1959 Piz Badile, northeast face 1960 , southwest face (Brandler-Hasse) 1961 Große Zinne, direct north face 1962 Grandes Jorasses-Walkerpfeiler, first ice tour 1963 Ortler, north face (Schmid) 1964 Matterhorn, north face 1965/68 Oberreintaldom-Gondaverschneidung und Schießlerführe, Berggeisttum-Cukrowskiführe, Montblanc-Brenvaflanke, Blatière, west face (Brown), Sass-Maor, east face (Solleder), Piz de Ciavàzes-south face (Schubert) 1969 Eiger, north face (Heckmair), Mont Maudit southeast arête 1971/72 Trollryggen, northeast face (Norway) 1974 Cengalo, northwest