Herbert Tichy

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

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

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]

  1. ^ Sale, Richard. On Top of the World: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains. HarperCollins, 2000, pp.105–107
  2. ^ Tichy, Herbert (1957). Cho Oyu: By Favour Of The Gods. Methuen & Co.