Petzoldt biography

Paul Kiesow Petzoldt was one of America's most accomplished mountaineers. He is perhaps best known for establishing the National Outdoor Leadership School in Paul made his first ascent of the Grand Teton in at the age of 16, becoming the youngest person at the time to have done so. In Paul Petzoldt was a member of the first American team to attempt a climb on K2.

For the climb he did not use assisted oxygen, he learned to use rhythmic breathing.

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He and Dan Bryant, from New Zealand, were the first climbers ever to traverse the Matterhorn twice in one day. Army's 10th Mountain Division fighting on the Italian Front. Petzoldt's other accomplishments in the outdoors are also considered major advances among wilderness enthusiasts. Before the establishment of NOLS, he had a hand in creating a Colorado addition to the Outward Bound program as well as the first guide service in the Tetons.

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