Hans Kammerlander

On January 6, 2012, he falsely announced that he was the first person on the Second Seven Summits. No less than three of his "second" seven summits achievements turned out to be false. The false summit claims were revealed on Mount Logan, further on Mount Puncak Trikora, and on Mount Dyck Tau.

• Name — Hans Kammerlander • Born — 6 December 1956 • Birthplace — Sand in Taufers, South Tyrol, Italy • Occupation — Mountaineer • Website — www.kammerlander.com (in German)

He teamed with Messner, the first man to climb all fourteen 8000m peaks, on successful climbs of Cho Oyu, Gasherbrum I and II, Dhaulagiri, Makalu, and Lhotse, and is a UIAGM mountain guide (English, International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations). Chris Bonington described Messner's relationship with Kammerlander as the most "amicable" of Messner's climbing partnerships. From 1996 to 2006, he held the Guinness World Record for the fastest ascent without supplemental oxygen of Mount Everest (16 hours and 45 minutes) and fastest ascent from Everest North Base Camp. In 1990 he made the first ski descent of Nanga Parbat. In 1996 he failed in an attempt to be the first to ski down Mount Everest, after removing his skis and climbing down from 300 metres below the summit, skiing down from 7700m, although he set a then speed record during that attempt of 17 hours to climb from base camp to the summit of Everest via the North Col. Kammerlander abandoned an attempt to be the first to ski from the summit of K2 when he saw a Korean climber fall to his death. In 2001 Kammerlander announced that he would not attempt to climb Manaslu, necessary to complete all 8000m peaks, due to losing several close friends on an attempt on the mountain. In 2012 Kammerlander claimed to be the first person to complete the Seven Second Summits, but doubts were raised about his ascent of Mount Logan. A further fraudulent summit claim on Mount Puncak Trikora confirms that Italian Hans Kammerlander never completed the Second Seven Summits series. Further, due the lack of any summit proof and the contradictory statement of his climbing partner on Mt. Dyck Tau, once again some serious doubts of Kammerlander´s summit success on this “Second Seven Summit” were raised soon. Finally, modern drone video footage, published by a local Russian mountain guide, provided full proof that Hans Kammerlander did not reach the summit of Mt. Dyck Tau.

• Abstieg zum Erfolg (2000) Piper Verlag GmbH,. • Fou d'altitude (2001) Guerin,. • Sopra e sotto. Storie di montagna (with Ingrid Beikircher, V. Montagna) (2004) Piper Verlag GmbH,. • Unten und oben: Berggeschichten (with Raimund Prinoth) (2005) Piper Verlag GmbH,. • Am seidenen Faden: K2 und andere Grenzerfahrungen (2005) Piper Verlag GmbH,. • Appeso a un filo di seta. Il K2 e altre esperienze estreme (with V. Montagna) (2006) Corbaccio,. • Windgeflüster: Hans Kammerlander 50 (with Sigi Pircher) (2006) Athesia Gmbh Verlagsansta,. • Direttissima zum Erfolg: Was (Automobil-)Manager vom Höhenbergsteigen lernen können (2008) Piper Verlag GmbH,. • Bergsüchtig: Klettern und Abfahren in der Todeszone (2009) Piper Verlag GmbH,. • Malato di montagna (with A. Di Bello) (2009) Corbaccio,.