Jost Kobusch

Jost Kobusch (born August 3, 1992, in Bielefeld) is a German mountaineer and author.

Early life Kobusch grew up in Borgholzhausen and, after an early divorce of his parents, was raised by his father, a carpenter. At the age of twelve, he started to participate in climbing courses organized by his school. After his Abitur, he joined the Bundeswehr as a Gebirgsjäger (mountain troops). Since 2016, Kobusch is living in Chemnitz as a student of the Technische Universität Chemnitz.

Mountaineering In 2013, Kobusch traveled to Kyrgyzstan. Due to inclement weather he was unable to reach the top of Pik Lenin, however, he succeeded to become the first to ascent a mountain he subsequently named, Pik Yoko (4,048 m). In April 2014, he became the youngest solo climber of Ama Dablam not using supplemental oxygen.

Kobusch became famous when he filmed the partial destruction of the Mount Everest base camp by an avalanche on April 25, 2015 that had been triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.

On May 1, 2016, Kobusch reached the top of Annapurna (8,091 m) without oxygen support.

In 2017, Kobusch was the first to reach the top of Nangpai Gosum II (7,296 m); he was solo and did not use supplemental oxygen.

In the winter of 2019/2020, Kobusch attempted his first solo Mount Everest ascent without supplemental oxygen, but had to give up at 7,360 m.

Ascents (selection) 2014: Ama Dablam, solo, no supplemental oxygen 2016: Annapurna, no supplemental oxygen 2017: Nangpai Gosum II, solo, no supplemental oxygen 2018: New route Way of the Ancestors to reach Carstensz-Pyramide 2019: First ascent of Amotsang (6,393 m), Damodar Himalaya 2021: First ascent of Purbung (6,465 m) with Nicolas Scheidtweiler 2023: Denali - solo winter ascent via Messner Couloir

Writings Ich. Oben. Allein. Riva, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7423-0079-9 Reinhold Messner: Mord am Unmöglichen. Edited by Luca Calvi and Alessandro Filippini, Malik, 2018, ISBN 978-3890295138. Chapter Jost Kobusch: Es wird immer Neues zu entdecken geben, Pages 188-192 Reinhold Messner: „Gehe ich nicht, gehe ich kaputt.“ Briefe aus dem Himalaja. Malik, 2020, ISBN 978-3890295022, Chapter Jost Kobusch: Mount. Everest. Base Camp, January 2, 2020, Page 386