Karl Blodig

Karl Blodig
The 'bad step' on the Aiguille Méridionale d’Arves showing L. Purtscheller and Karl Blodig. Illustration by E.Compton, 1895
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born(1859-10-16)16 October 1859
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died7 September 1956(1956-09-07) (aged 96)
Bregenz, Austria
Occupation(s)Mountaineer, optician, writer
Climbing career
Known forFirst to climb all Alpine four-thousanders
First ascentsMont Brouillard

Karl Blodig (16 October 1859 – 7 September 1956) was an Austrian mountaineer, optician, and writer. Blodig was the first to successfully climb all Alpine peaks of over 4000 meters, completing his final summit around 1911.[1] He wrote about these climbs in his book Die Viertausender der Alpen (The Four-Thousanders of the Alps), first published in 1923.

  1. ^ Rawlinson, A. K. The Climbers Club Journal, 1957, pp. 108-10.