What is Kurt Diemberger?
[[File:Kurt.Diemberger (cropped).jpeg|thumb|Kurt Diemberger in 2005]] '''Kurt Diemberger''' (born 16 March 1932) is an Austrian [[mountaineer]] and author. He is the only living person who has made the first ascents on two [[Eight-thousander|mountains over 8,000 metres]]: of [[Broad Peak]] in 1957 and of [[Dhaulagiri]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite book |title=Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains: The History of the 8,000-Meter Peaks|url=https://archive.org/details/climbingworlds140000sale|last=Sale|first=Richard|author2=Cleare, John |year=2000 |publisher=Mountaineers Books |location=Seattle |isbn=978-0-89886-727-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/climbingworlds140000sale/page/170 170]–171 &1 90–191 }}</ref> He was born in [[Villach]]. He suffered from [[frostbite]] during the descent of [[Karakoram]] and had to have [[amputations]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Diemberger, Kurt}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Austrian mountain climbers]] [[Category:People from Villach]] {{sports-bio-stub}}