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Günter Dyhrenfurth

Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (died 1975)

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Born
November 12, 1886
Died
April 14, 1975
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1886

About Günter Dyhrenfurth

Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth was a German-born, German and Swiss mountaineer, geologist and Himalayan explorer. He won a gold medal in alpinism at the 1936 Summer Olympics, the third and final time the award was offered. The first ascent of Gasherbrum I in 1958 was accomplished via the route proposed by Dyhrenfurth following the so-called IHE-spur and the SE-ridge. Dyhrenfurth was also a mountaineer and became an important expedition leader and film maker.

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Günter Dyhrenfurth timeline

  1. He won a gold medal in alpinism at the 1936 Summer Olympics, the third and final time the award was offered.
  2. The first ascent of Gasherbrum I in 1958 was accomplished via the route proposed by Dyhrenfurth following the so-called IHE-spur and the SE-ridge.

The world when Günter Dyhrenfurth was born

Günter Dyhrenfurth was born in 1886. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst professional baseball game under electric lights
  • Top headlineStatue of Liberty dedicated in New York Harbor
  • Technology milestoneCoca-Cola invented in Atlanta
  • Notable inventionCoca-Cola (originally contained cocaine)
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population55.6M

1886 versus 2026

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Measure18862026
Population55.6M341 million

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