Alexander HUBER

Alexander Huber was born in Bavaria in 1968. Having grown up in a family of mountaineers, he took up mountaineering and rock climbing at an early age and is now regarded as one of the world’s most successful all-round mountaineers. He has undertaken many expeditions together with his brother Thomas. Alexander holds a degree in physics and is a state-certified mountain and ski guide; he writes books and publishes articles in specialist journals and magazines, gives lectures and appears on television to talk about his extreme experiences in the wilderness.

Alexander made a name for himself with a series of difficult first ascents both in the Alps (the Mont Blanc region, the Dolomites) and in the Karakoram, Patagonia, Yosemite, as well as in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada. He climbs up to grade 11 and became particularly well known for his free solo and redpoint ascents.

In 1997, he led an expedition to the Karakoram in Pakistan and succeeded in making the first ascent of the west face of Latok II (7,108 m asl). He and his team were thus the first to take big-wall climbing to altitudes above 6,000 m asl and, consequently, to the world’s great mountains. A year later, he stood on the summit of the world’s sixth-highest mountain, Cho Oyu (8,201 m asl).

He has received several awards, including the Bavarian Order of Merit. As an ambassador, Alexander Huber supports various organisations: the Bavarian Crisis Service, the AtemWeg Foundation, the IWDR association (which promotes inclusion through climbing) and the Athletes for Ukraine association. He is also patron of the German Anxiety Self-Help Association and a supporter of Himalaya-Karakorum-Hilfe. Since 2019, he has been a Natura 2000 ambassador, championing the European Union’s network of protected areas.