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Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth is born

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Date: 12/11/1886

On 12 November 1886, Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth – a mountaineer, explorer and geologist known for leading several important expeditions to theHimalayas and the Karakoram in the 1930s. Thanks to his work, significant insights were gained into these inaccessible territories, which undoubtedly aided the first ascents of the eight-thousanders a couple of decades later.

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