Tunç Fındık
Tunç Fındık (born 1972, Ankara) is a Turkish professional climber, mountaineer, mountain guide, author, and motivational speaker.
Life
[edit]He is the first Turkish climber who climbed Mount Everest twice and from different routes. He summited many mountains in Turkey and abroad including eight-thousanders.[1][2][3]
In 2023. He became the 49th person to climb all 14 of the eight-thousanders.[4]
- Mount Everest (8848 m) in 2001, Second climb north ridge route in 2007
- Cho Oyu (8201 m) in 2005
- Lhotse (8516 m) in 2006
- Dhaulagiri (8167 m) in 2009
- Makalu (8462 m) in 2010
- Kangchenjunga (8586 m) in 2011 [5][6]
- K2 (8611 m) in 2012
- Shishapangma (8027 m) in 2013
- Manaslu (8163 m) in 2013
- Gasherbrum II (8035 m) in 2014
- Broad Peak (8047 m) in 2017 [7]
- Annapurna (8091 m) in 2019 [8]
- Gasherbrum I (8068 m) in 2019 [9]
- Nanga Parbat (8126 m) in 2023 [10]
Fındık was climbing on Nanga Parbat at the time that terrorists executed 11 people at the base camp in the 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre. His life was saved because he was at Camp 2 on the mountain when the attack took place.[11]
Books
[edit]- Kaçkar-Verçenik Tırmanış Rehberi 'Alter Yayınları'
- Tanrıların Tahtına Yolculuk- Everest Tırmanışımın Hikâyesi 'Alter Yayınları'
- Karakurum'da 80 gün 'Geven Yayınları'
- Aladağlar'da 50 Rota 'Geven Yayınları'
- Kış Dağcılığı / Teknikler ve Taktikler 'AKUT Yayınları'
- 50 Climbing routes in the Aladag 'Geven Yayınları'
- Aladaglar haritası 1:25.000 ölçekli 'Geven Yayınları'
- İrtifa 8000- Yüksek Macera 'Tunç Fındık Yayınları'
- K2 Dağların Dağı 'Tunç Fındık Yayınları'
- Altitude 8000 'Tunç Fındık Yayınları'
Documentary
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tunç Fındık Resmi Sitesi
- ^ MacDonald, Dougald (2016). "Kaçkar Dag, West Face; New Alpine Rock Routes in Ala Daglar and Antalya". American Alpine Journal. #58 (90). ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Member spotlight: Freedom lies in the mountains for Turkish climber Tunc Findik". UIAA. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ Kamadan, Yusuf. "17 years, 14 peaks: How Tunc Findik conquered the world's tallest summits". TRT World. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Tunç Fındık zirvede". Cnnturk.com. 2011.
- ^ UIAA (2014). "Member spotlight: Freedom lies in the mountains for Turkish climber Tunc Findik". International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Spanish Alpinist Oscar Cadiach completes all 14 eight-thousanders without help of Oxygen. | News". 27 July 2017.
- ^ Breaking: Dozens Summit Annapurna Today
- ^ Tunc Findik Survived the 2013 Terrorist Attack at Nanga Parbat. Now He Returns to Finish his Quest
- ^ Nanga Parbat Summits
- ^ Benavides, Angela (25 May 2022). "Tunc Findik Survived the 2013 Terrorist Attack at Nanga Parbat. Now He Returns to Finish his Quest". Explorers Web. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "K2 Mountain of Mountains (Short 2014) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: K2 Mountain of Mountains - A documentary by Tunç Fındık. YouTube.
External links
[edit]- Tunç Fındık Official Website
- Üç Soru Üç Cevap - Tunç Fındık'la Yeni Kitabı Üzerine
- Tunç Fındık'la 14X8000 projesi üzerine
- UIAA Tunç Fındık Haberi Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- K2 Mountain of Mountain (2014) Documentary
- Skylife Röportajı Zirvedeki Türk: Tunç Fındık Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
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