Jochen Hemmleb

Jochen Hemmleb is the author of fifteen books on mountaineering, including the award-winning Ghosts of Everest about the 1999 discovery of George Mallory. The scope of his writing ranges from investigative stories and personal expedition accounts to climbers’ biographies and mountain monographs. He has translated seven books by renowned English-speaking mountaineering writers like Bernadette McDonald and Peter Gillman into German. Jochen was co-instigator and member of the Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition in 1999, which found the body of George Mallory, and of three search expeditions for Sandy Irvine.

As a writer and filmmaker, he has specialized in mountaineering, Alpine history, and mountain environments. He has recently published his autobiography, Spuren am Everest, in German and is working on a film about the 1988 ascent of the Kangshung face of the mountain. He lives in Lana, northern Italy.