Herbert Tichy

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

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

Along with Sepp Jöchler [de] and Pasang Dawa Lama, Tichy made the first ascent of Cho Oyu on 19 October 1954.^[1] Tichy documented the climb in his book Cho Oyu, Cho Oyu: By Favour Of The Gods, published in 1957.^[2]

External links

• Literature by and about Herbert Tichy in the catalogue of the German National Library
• Hannes Stanik:  . May 2009 ( online [PDF; accessed on 15 December 2014] thesis).
• Photos by Herbert Tichy during the first ascent of Cho Oyu ( Memento from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• Herbert Tichy . Article on emmet.de, via archive.org
• Association for the Promotion of the Memory of Herbert Tichy
• Gerhard Schirmer: Herbert Tichy: The Globetrotter . landderberge.at, accessed on 2 November 2014
• Herbert Tichy in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna