Hans Christian Doseth

Who was Hans Christian Doseth?

Hans Christian Doseth was a Norwegian climber. Among his achievements were several first ascents of routes on Trollveggen, Romsdal's north facing big wall, both in winter and summer. He did the first all-free ascent of the wall in 1979, and the first winter ascent of the "Swedish Route". Most notable was his first ascent of the technically difficult "Trollkjerringruta" in winter, followed by the free ascent in summer 1983. Though moderately graded by today’s standards, it is a demanding, serious climb through partly loose and poorly protected rock that up to this day has seen only two or three repeats. Doseth also increased awareness of sport climbing in Northern Europe, introducing routes in the 5.12 range in Norway and Sweden in the early 80s.

Doseth was killed together with his climbing partner Finn Dæhli during an expedition with Stein P. Aasheim and Dag Kolsrud on Great Trango Tower in Karakoram, Pakistan, after establishing the Norwegian Buttress, the first route to scale the massive east face of the mountain.