Pit Schubert (2 December 1935 – 28 February 2024) was a German non-fiction author, climber, and mountaineer. He was the founder and former head of the safety commission of the German Alpine Club (DAV).[1]
Life and career
Schubert was born in Breslau. He started climbing and mountaineering at the age of 17. He became known for both his first ascents and his adherence to alpine doctrines.
Schubert was a qualified engineer, and worked for approximately 15 years in the aerospace industry. In 1968, he was a founding member of the DAV Safety Group, which he chaired until retiring in 2000. He was also president of the UIAA Safety Commission.[2] He worked to standardize climbing equipment, prevented innumerable accidents,[3] and he stated that "At that time man was making the first flight to the moon a reality, but we were still using ice axes with wooden shafts – which could break on the first use on the ice – so a lot of things were waiting to be done.”
Schubert died on 28 February 2024, at the age of 88.[4]
First ascents
1967: Piz Ciavazes, South Wall, Via Schubert (VI+, 220 m), Sellagruppe, Dolomites
1968: Guglia di Brenta, SW-edge, Schubert / Werner (VI, 380 m), Brenta group, Dolomites
1969: First ascent of the Roc Noir (Khangsar Kang, 7485 m), Karakorum
1975: Fleischbank, Neue Ostwand, Pohlke / Schubert (VIII, 360 m), Kaisergebirge