Paul Petzoldt
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 25 years ago |
Date of birth | January 16,1908 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Creston |
Iowa | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 6,1999 |
Died | Topsham |
Maine | |
United States | |
Founded | National Outdoor Leadership School |
Job | Mountaineer |
Books | The Wilderness Handbook |
The New Wilderness Handbook | |
Teton tales and other Petzoldt anecdotes | |
Petzoldt's Teton Trails: A Hiking Guide to the Teton Range with Stories, History, and Personal Experiences | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 445232 |
Paul Petzoldt Life story
Paul Kiesow Petzoldt was one of America's most accomplished mountaineers. He is perhaps best known for establishing the National Outdoor Leadership School in 1965. Paul made his first ascent of the Grand Teton in 1924 at the age of 16, becoming the youngest person at the time to have done so.