Stipe Božić – climbing record

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-1975. Hindukush in Afghanistan. Noshaq 7942 m. South ridge with Boris Siriscevic.
-1979. Himalayas – Mount Everest 8848 m. West ridge (new route) summited with Ang Phu and Stane Belak-Srauf. Ang Phu died on the way down.
-1981. Himalayas – Lhotse 8516 m. New route in South face with Slovenian team. Stipe soled from 7500 to 8150 m. doing new route and established camp 6.
-1982. Himalayas – Kang Guru 7000 m. Croatian expedition from west side. Stipe summited wit Branko Separovic and Vladimr Mesaric. Separovic skied from the summit.
-1983. Himalayas – Manaslu 8163 m. Unsuccessful Croatian expedition in the South face. Ante Bucan and Nejc Zaplotnik have died under ice avalanche.
-1984. Himalayas – Manaslu 8613 m. Croatian 4 member’s expedition. Stipe reached summit with Slovenian climber Viki Grošelj.
-1985. Alps – Eiger. Classic Route in North face with Edo Retelj.
-1985. Alps – Grandes Jorasses. Casin route in North face wit Edo Retelj.
-1986. Yosemite – El Capitan. Triple Direct route with Ivica Matkovic and Zdenko Mijanic.
-1989. Himalayas – Mount Everest 8848 m. South East Ridge. On the summit with Viki Grošelj, Dimitar Ilijevski, Sherpas Sonam and Agiva. Died Dimitar Ilijevski from Macedonia.
-1990. Alps – Materhorn. Classic route in North Face (solo)
-1991. Himalayas – Kangchenjunga 8586 m. South face with Slovenian International expedition. In the expedition was Wanda Rutkiewitz from Poland. Stipe summited with Viki Grošelj. 2 days letter died couple of Slovenians Marija Frantar and Jože Rožman.
-1992. Himalayas – Annapurna 8091 m. Slovenian unsuccessful expedition in South face.
1-993. K2 – Karakorum. Abruzzi Ridge. Slovenian International expedition. Stipe, Viki Grošelj, Carlos Carsolio and Zvonko Požgaj reached the summit. Bostjan Kekec died the summit. Bostjan Kekec died of Cerebral Pneumonia.
-1995. Himalayas – Annapurna. French route in North face. Stipe and Viki reached 7700 m. Two days later brothers Davo and Karnicar with Carlos Carsolio reached the summit. Karnicar brothers skied from the top.
-1996. Himalayas – Mount Everest 8848 m. Slovenian Ski expedition on the North ridge. Stipe reached 7000 m. and filmed Davo Karnicar who wanted to do ski descent from summit. But weather was very bad.
-1996. Alaska – Denali. Messner route (solo).
– 1996. Kenya – Mount Kenya. North face with Vladimir Mesaric from Croatia.
1997. Antarctica – Mount Vinson. New route in Southwest face with Viki Groselj and Rafko Vodisek. Unclimbed peak Mount Croatia.
– 1999. North Pole – From Siberia to the North Pole on the skis with International Polar Expedition.
-1999. Himalayas – Dhaulagiri 8167 m. filming the Tomaz Humar on his climbing South Face of Dhaulagiri. Stipe reached 7000 m.
– 2000 Elbrus normal route.
– 2001. Mount Logan 6025 m. in St Elias range, skied from the summit.
– 2002. Pico Orizaba in Mexico (third highest peak in N. America)
– 2003.Pari Lapcha unclimbed peak in Himalaya 6000 met.
– 2003. Nanga Parbat unsuccessful expedition with Tomaz Humar.
– 2005. On the summit of Ama Dablam.
– 2009. Muztagh Ata 7546 m. skied from the summit.

7 summits

1996. 1974. Mont Blanc – Europe
1979. Mount Everest – Asia
1989. Mount Everest – Asia
1996. Aconcagua – South America
1996. Denali (Mount McKinley) – North America
1996. Mount Kosciusko – Australia
1996. Mount Cook – New Zeland
1996. Kilimanjaro – Africa
1997. Mount Vinson – Antarctica
1999. Elbrus – Europe

Alpine climbs

Stipe climbed almost all-important alpine peaks. But the climbing 3 classic problems of Alps, Eiger, Grandess Jurases and Materhorn was the most important.
North faces Eiger and Grandess Jurases he climbed with his club mate Eduard Retelj 1984. But north face of Materhorn he climbed alone (solo) 1990.

Other alpine climbings

North-west face of Dru: Lesure route.
North face of Weisbahorn.
West face of Aguile du Midi: Frendo route.
South face of Agule du Midi.