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Athol Whimp (1962-2012) was a New Zealand mountaineer, rock climber and soldier. Widely regarded as his country's best modern mountaineer, he is its only recipient of the prestigious Piolet d'Or award for mountaineering.〔("Athol Whimp (1961 – 2012)" ), ''The Climber'', #79, p. 18〕 Following a successful military career in the New Zealand Special Air Service and a stint as an advisor with a desert mobility unit in Oman ,〔 Whimp began climbing extensively in New Zealand and Australia. He and the Australian climber Andrew Lindblade made a number of hard ascents of hard peaks culminating in their 1998 ascent of the North Face of Thalay Sagar〔 completed in light-weight alpine style. In addition to his hard alpine ascents, Whimp was a phenomenal rock climber, having climbed up to grade 5.13c in the Yosemite decimal system. On 23 February 2012, Whimp died after slipping into a 800-meter fall〔 while traversing non-technical terrain in the Darrans.〔 ==Ascents== * 1994 – Compressor Route, Cerro Torre, Patagonia (with Andrew Lindblade) * 1994 – Pedrini-Locher Route, Fitzroy, Patagonia (with Andrew Lindblade) * 1994 – Solo Ascent of Cerro Torre, Patagonia * 1998 – First Ascent of the North Face of Thalay Sagar (6904m), Gharwal Himalaya, India (with Andrew Lindblade), Winner of the Piolet d'Or * 1999 – Solo Ascent of the South Face of Mount Cook (Aoraki) (3754m), New Zealand * 2000 – Attempt of the North Face of Jannu (7710m), Nepal (with Andrew Lindblade) * 2000 – Second Ascent of the Wall of Shadows (Japanese Route), Jannu, Nepal (7710m) (with Andrew Lindblade) * 2003 – Attempt of the Kurtyka-Schauer Route on Gasherbrum IV (7925m), Pakistan. The pair retreated in bad weather at 6800m (with Andrew Lindblade) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Athol Whimp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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