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Erhard Loretan

1959 - 2011

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Erhard Loretan (28 April 1959 – 28 April 2011) was a Swiss mountain climber. He was the third man to climb all fourteen peaks over 8,000 meters, and the second to do so without supplementary oxygen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erhard Loretan is the 30th most popular mountaineer, the 386th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 377th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Erhard Loretan ranks 30 out of 56. Before him are Lionel Terray, Ang Rita, Albert F. Mummery, Krzysztof Wielicki, Anatoli Boukreev, and Peter Habeler. After him are Jon Krakauer, Ardito Desio, Vittorio Sella, Riccardo Cassin, Yevgeniy Abalakov, and Rob Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Erhard Loretan ranks 188. Before him are Erwin Vandenbergh, Caroline Goodall, Hovik Abrahamyan, Dave Schultz, Gustavo Cerati, and Éric Serra. After him are Susana Martinez, David Koresh, Lawrence Stroll, Ralf Moeller, Hiroyuki Sakashita, and Soumya Swaminathan. Among people deceased in 2011, Erhard Loretan ranks 205. Before him are Sam Rivers, Jeff Conaway, Alfonso Cano, Peter Alexander, John Neville, and Ricky Hui. After him are Loriot, Vang Pao, Arnošt Lustig, Neil Young, George Shearing, and Ricky Bruch.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Erhard Loretan ranks 386 out of 1,015. Before him are James Pradier (1790), Oliver Neuville (1973), Edgar Schein (1928), Wilhelm His Sr. (1831), Tariq Ramadan (1962), and Alois Estermann (1954). After him are Werner Bischof (1916), Conrad Grebel (1498), Adolf Ogi (1942), Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889), Gustav Wiederkehr (1905), and Fritz Schär (1926).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Switzerland

Among mountaineers born in Switzerland, Erhard Loretan ranks 3. Before him are Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740), and Matthias Zurbriggen (1856). After him are Ueli Steck (1976).

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