Tomo Česen

Tomislav "Tomo" Česen (born November 5, 1959) is a Slovenian mountaineer; he specialises in solo ascents in the Alps and the Himalayas.

At the age of 26, he reported that he had enchained the three Great north faces of the Alps, becoming the first person to do so solo in Winter.

He has claimed a number of other notable mountaineering achievements, but some of his claimed ascents have often met with skepticism from others in the mountaineering community. The most controversial was his 1990 solo ascent of Lhotse, the 4th highest mountain in the world.

One of the more popular routes on K2 is named after him (the Cesen Route) after he soloed it in 1986.

References

Mark Twight, "My Way: A Short Talk with Tomo Cesen" in Kiss or Kill, The Mountaineers Books, Seattle : 2001
Greg Child, "Burden of Proof: The Tomo Česen Affair" in Postcards from the Ledge: The Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child, 2000
http://www.mounteverest.net/story/BestofExplorersWeb2004AwardsJannuDec302004.shtml
http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150575/lhotse.html

Slovenian Sportsman of the Year

Miroslav Cerar (1968)
Ivo Daneu (1969)
Miroslav Cerar (1970)
Brane Oblak (1971)
Danilo Pudgar (1972)
Vinko Jelovac (1973–74)
Bojan Križaj (1975)
Borut Petrič (1976–1978)
Bojan Križaj (1979–1980)
Borut Petrič (1981)
Bojan Križaj (1982)
Borut Petrič (1983)
Jure Franko (1984)
Rok Petrovič (1985–86)
Bojan Križaj (1987)
Matjaž Debelak (1988)
Andrej Jelenc (1989)
Tomo Česen (1990)
Franci Petek (1991)
Rajmond Debevec (1992)
Igor Majcen (1993)
Jure Košir (1994)
Iztok Čop (1995)
Andraž Vehovar (1996)
Primož Peterka (1997–98)
Gregor Cankar (1999)
Rajmond Debevec (2000)
Andrej Hauptman (2001)
Aljaž Pegan (2002)
Dejan Košir (2003)
Vasilij Žbogar (2004)
Mitja Petkovšek (2005)
Matic Osovnikar (2006)
Primož Kozmus (2007–09)
Dejan Zavec (2010)
Peter Kauzer (2011)
Anže Kopitar (2012)
Peter Prevc (2013–15)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 251809103 LCCN: n96065371

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