Stefan Glowacz
Stefan Glowacz is a German professional rock climber and adventurer. He started climbing at the age of 12 and advanced to one of the world's strongest competition climbers and sport climber a few years later. Since 1993 he has been devoted to natural challenges such as expeditions to remote places in Canada, Patagonia and Antarctica.
Competition climbing
- 1985 Sportroccia
- 1987, 1988, 1992 Rock Master
- Winner of the Olympic Games' demonstration challenge in Albertville
- 1993 Vice World Champion
Notable ascents
- In 1994, Glowacz freed in the Kaiser Mountains at, one of the hardest-ever big wall climbing routes in world.
- First ascents of big walls at the Una Peaks in Antarctica; Tupilak and Ulamartorsuaq, respectively in Eastern and Southern Greenland; and Mount Harrison Smith in Canada
- In 2001, Glowacz became the first-ever person to complete the "" of the hardest multi-pitch big wall climbing routes of the Alps, including Thomas Huber's "End of Silence" near Berchtesgaden and Beat Kammerlander's "Silbergeier" in the Rätikon
- In 2006, he was nominated for the Piolet d'Or' for a 27-pitch route up the north wall of the Mullarón in Patagonia.
Books, Films
Jäger des AugenblicksRichtig FreikletternRocks around the WorldHoch hinausTitlis – Chronik einer Erstbegehung, DVDThe Race, DVDOn the Rocks - Leben an den Fingerspitzen Cerro Torre: Scream of the Stone, DVD- ''Roraima: Climbers of the Lost World''