Tichy's ice ax used on Cho Oyu (second from right)

Herbert Tichy (1 June 1912 – 26 September 1987) was an Austrian writer, geologist, journalist and climber.

Along with Sepp Jöchler[de] and Pasang Dawa Lama, Tichy made the first ascent of Cho Oyu on 19 October 1954. Tichy documented the climb in his book Cho Oyu, Cho Oyu: By Favour Of The Gods, published in 1957.

External links

  • in the catalogue of the German National Library
  • Hannes Stanik: . May 2009 ( [PDF; accessed on 15 December 2014] thesis).
  • ( Memento from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  • . Article on emmet.de, via archive.org
  • Gerhard Schirmer: . landderberge.at, accessed on 2 November 2014
  • in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

See also