He teamed with Messner, the first man to climb all fourteen 8000m peaks, on successful climbs of
Cho Oyu,
Gasherbrum I and
II,
Dhaulagiri,
Makalu, and
Lhotse, and is a
UIAGM mountain guide (English, International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations).
Chris Bonington described Messner's relationship with Kammerlander as the most "amicable" of Messner's climbing partnerships. From 1996 to 2006, he held the
Guinness World Record for the fastest ascent without supplemental oxygen of Mount
Everest (16 hours and 45 minutes) and fastest ascent from
Everest North Base Camp. In 1990 he made the first ski descent of
Nanga Parbat. Kammerlander abandoned an attempt to be the first to ski from the summit of
K2 when he saw a
Korean climber fall to his death. In 2001 Kammerlander announced that he would not attempt to climb
Manaslu, necessary to complete all 8000m peaks, due to losing several close friends on an attempt on the mountain. In 2012 Kammerlander claimed to be the first person to complete the
Seven Second Summits, but doubts were raised about his ascent of Mount Logan. A further fraudulent summit claim on Mount Puncak Trikora confirms that Italian Hans Kammerlander never completed the Second Seven Summits series. Further, due the lack of any summit proof and the contradictory statement of his climbing partner on Mt. Dyck Tau, once again some serious doubts of Kammerlander´s summit success on this “Second Seven Summit” were raised soon. Finally, modern drone video footage, published by a local Russian mountain guide, provided full proof that Hans Kammerlander did not reach the summit of Mt. Dyck Tau. ==Works==