Tomislav "Tomo" Česen (born November 5, 1959) is a Slovenian mountaineer; he specialises in solo ascents in the Alps and the Himalayas.
At the age of 26, he reported that he had enchained the three
Great north faces of the Alps
The six great north faces of the Alps are a group of vertical faces in the Swiss, French, and Italian Alps known in mountaineering for their difficulty, danger, and great height. The "Trilogy" is the three hardest of these north faces, being th ...
, becoming the first person to do so solo in winter.
He has claimed a number of other notable mountaineering achievements, but some of his claimed ascents have often met with skepticism from others in the mountaineering community. The most controversial was his 1990 solo ascent of
Lhotse
Lhotse ( ne, ल्होत्से ; , ''lho tse'', ) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at , after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu ...
, the fourth highest mountain in the world.
One of the more popular routes on
K2 is named after him (the Česen Route) after he soloed it in 1986.
References
* Mark Twight, "My Way: A Short Talk with Tomo Česen" in ''Kiss or Kill'', The Mountaineers Books, Seattle : 2001
* Greg Child, "Burden of Proof: The Tomo Česen Affair" in Postcards from the Ledge: The Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child, 2000
* http://www.mounteverest.net/story/BestofExplorersWeb2004AwardsJannuDec302004.shtml
* http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150575/lhotse.html
1959 births
Living people
Slovenian mountain climbers
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