What is Herman Plugge?
[[File:Vertrek Mount Everest Expeditie vanaf Schiphol expeditieleider Herman Plugge , , Bestanddeelnr 933-0434.jpg|thumb|Plugge in 1984]] '''Herman Plugge''' (1939 — 22 December 2022) was a Dutch mountaineer. He was named pioneer and the [[Father of the House]] of Dutch mountain climbing. As alpinist, he was expedition leader of many climbing expeditions, including to the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Afghanistan]] and was expedition leader of the known Mount Everest expeditions in 1982 and 1984. To honor remarkable achievements of Dutch climbers, he founded the “Herman Plugge Irish Coffee Award”. The award is continued after his death by the Dutch climbing federation.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url= https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/973528603/nestor-nederlandse-bergsport-herman-plugge-83-overleden-het-zweet-gutst-niet-meer |title= Nestor Nederlandse bergsport Herman Plugge (83) overleden: 'Het zweet gutst niet meer’|work=[[De Telegraaf]] |date=25 December 1922|access-date=25 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url= https://nkbv.nl/actueel/nieuws/alpinist-herman-plugge-overleden.html |title= ALPINIST HERMAN PLUGGE OVERLEDEN |work=NKBV |date=23 December 1922|access-date=25 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref> ==Expeditions== He was expedition leader of the expedition to the [[Caucasus Mountains]] in 1967 with four friends. It was in the Soviet Union during the [[Cold War]] and they were even followed by the police. It was a successful expedition, in which not only the mountain top of [[Elbrus]] was reached, but also the technically much more challenging north peak of [[Ushba]] (4698 meters) via the northern side.<ref name=ref2 /> He did an expedition to the [[Annapurna]] in 1977.<ref name=ref4 /> [[File:Vertrek Mount Everest Expeditie vanaf Schiphol Bart Vos , Edmund Ofner , Han Ti, Bestanddeelnr 933-0432.jpg|thumb|The 1984 Mount Everest Expedition leaving from [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]].]] Plugge was expedition leader of the expedition to the [[Himalayas]] to climb the [[Mount Everest]] in 1982.