Luis Stitzinger
German ski mountaineer
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- Luis Andreas Stitzinger (born 16 December 1968 in Füssen, Allgäu, Germany — died 25–26 May 2023 on Kangchenjunga, Nepal) was a German ski mountaineer, alpinist, and mountain guide.
- Background Stitzinger grew up in Halblech in Ostallgäu.
- At university, he studied Sports Science at Technical University of Munich and later studied English at LMU Munich.
- It was at university where he met fellow mountaineer Alix von Melle, with whom he would climb six eight-thousanders together, including Broad Peak, Manaslu and Shishapangma.
- From 1998 to 2003, Stitzinger worked for the Munich section of the German Alpine Club as the head of the mountaineering department, library, and managed equipment rental.
Luis Andreas Stitzinger (born 16 December 1968 in Füssen, Allgäu, Germany — died 25–26 May 2023 on Kangchenjunga, Nepal) was a German ski mountaineer, alpinist, and mountain guide. Stitzinger was one of the most prominent big mountain skiers of his generation, known for his ten successful summits of eight-thousanders, and ski descents of seven of them.
Background
Stitzinger grew up in Halblech in Ostallgäu. He was said to have been "born with skis on his feet" and was the son of Volkmar Stitzinger, a prominent mountain guide and pioneer of the local German Alpine Club. At university, he studied Sports Science at Technical University of Munich and later studied English at LMU Munich. During his studies, he became a state certified mountain and ski guide. It was at university where he met fellow mountaineer Alix von Melle, with whom he would climb six eight-thousanders together, including Broad Peak, Manaslu and Shishapangma. The two would marry in 2011.
From 1998 to 2003, Stitzinger worked for the Munich section of the German Alpine Club as the head of the mountaineering department, library, and managed equipment rental. Then from 2004 to 2012 he led expeditions and extreme mountaineering for the DAV Summit Club program, a subsidiary of the German Alpine Association focusing on hiking, trekking, climbing, mountaineering, ski touring, snowshoeing, and cycling trips across the globe.
In 2013, he started Go Climb A Mountain in Füssen, and became self-employed as a professional mountaineer.
Mountaineering
Throughout his career, Stitzinger summited 10 8,000-meter peaks, some of these multiple times. He became known for his ski descents, including a number of first descents of the world's tallest mountains.
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