Eugen Guido Lammer
Austrian non-fiction writer and mountaineer (1863-1945)
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| Intro | Austrian non-fiction writer and mountaineer (1863-1945) | |
| Places | Austria | |
| was | Writer Non-fiction writer Mountaineer | |
| Work field | Literature Sports | |
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| Birth | 18 June 1863, Rosenburg-Mold, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria | |
| Death | 2 February 1945Vienna, Austria (aged 81 years) | |
| Star sign | Gemini |
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Eugen Guido Lammer was a mountaineer of Austrian origin. Along with August Lorria are the pioneers of climbing routes without help provided from professional guides. In 1887 they attempt to climb the route Penhall in Matterhorn in Western side but they swept away from an avalanche.Lammer, being lighted injured, he literally crawl from Stokje to Stafel Alp to ask aid for his seriously injured comrade.Lammer and Lorria, along with Zsigmondy,L.Purtscheller,Eckestein and others were opposing to the traditional way of mountaineering.They never used mountain guides, artificial equipment or anything else that intervene between the mountaineer and the mountain.