Jost Kobusch (born August 3, 1992, in Bielefeld) is a German

mountaineer Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

and author.

Early life

Kobusch grew up in Borgholzhausen and, after an early divorce of his parents, was raised by his father, a carpenter. At the age of twelve, he started to participate in climbing courses organized by his school. After his

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

, he joined the

Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

as a

Gebirgsjäger ''Gebirgsjäger'' () are the light infantry part of the alpine or mountain troops (''Gebirgstruppe'') of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The word '' Jäger'' (meaning "hunter" or "huntsman") is a characteristic term used for light infantry in ...

(mountain troops). Since 2016, Kobusch is living in

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...

as a student of the Technische Universität Chemnitz.Grenzerfahrungen eines Solo-Bergsteigers; tu-chemnitz.de, February 13, 2019
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Mountaineering

In 2013, Kobusch traveled to

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

. Due to inclement weather he was unable to reach the top of Pik Lenin, however, he succeeded to become the first to ascent a mountain he subsequently named, Pik Yoko (4,048 m). In April 2014, he became the youngest solo climber of Ama Dablam not using supplemental oxygen. Kobusch became famous when he filmed the partial destruction of the

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

base camp by an avalanche on April 25, 2015 that had been triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. On May 1, 2016, Kobusch reached the top of Annapurna (8,091 m) without oxygen support. In 2017, Kobusch was the first to reach the top of Nangpai Gosum II (7,296 m); he was solo and did not use supplemental oxygen. For this ascent, he was nominated by Piolet d'Or for its annual "Significant Ascents" award. In the winter of 2019/2020 Kobusch attempted his first solo Mount Everest ascent without supplemental oxygen but had to give up at 7,360 m. His second attempt to ascent Mount Everest solo and without supplemental oxygen started in the winter of 2021/2022. Kobusch chose a route over the West Ridge avoiding the Khumbu Icefall. According to Krzysztof Wielicki who did the first winter ascent of Mount Everest using the standard route, his chances of success would be 50-50. Being exposed to almost continuous bad weather that wrecked five tents Kobush was not able to get to the top but intends to return in 2 years for another attempt.

Ascents (selection)

* 2014: Ama Dablam, - solo, no supplemental oxygen * 2016: Annapurna, - no supplemental oxygen * 2017: Nangpai Gosum II, - solo, no supplemental oxygen * 2018: New route ''Way of the Ancestors'' to reach Carstensz-Pyramide * 2019: First ascent of Amotsang (6,393 m),

Damodar Himalaya Damodar Himalaya () is a mountain range in Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 S ...

* 2021: First ascent of

Purbung Purbung (also Putrung) (ID: PURB) is a mountain in the Himalayas of Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्� ...

(6,465 m) with Nicolas Scheidtweiler * 2023: Denali - solo winter ascent via Messner Couloir

Writings

* ''Ich. Oben. Allein''. Riva, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7423-0079-9 * Reinhold Messner: ''Mord am Unmöglichen.'' Edited by Luca Calvi and Alessandro Filippini,

Malik Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic duri ...

, 2018, ISBN 978-3890295138. Chapter Jost Kobusch: ''Es wird immer Neues zu entdecken geben'', Pages 188-192 () * Reinhold Messner: ''„Gehe ich nicht, gehe ich kaputt.“ Briefe aus dem Himalaja.'' Malik, 2020, ISBN 978-3890295022, Chapter Jost Kobusch: ''Mount. Everest. Base Camp, January 2, 2020'', Page 386 ()

External links

Jost Kobusch website

Video of the avalanche at the Base Camp, Mount Everest, April 25, 2015

References

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