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The Swedish adventurer Göran Kropp (November 12, 1966 - September 30, 2002) became famous for his May 23, 1996 ascent of Mount Everest, to which he bicycled all the way from Stockholm and scaled alone without the help of oxygen tanks.
In 1972, at the age of 6, his father took him up Galdhĝpiggen, the highest peak in Norway. In 1993 he became the first Scandinavian atop K2, the second highest mountain in the world. This time also without oxygen tanks.
On September 30, 2002, Kropp died from head injuries when he fell 22 metres (75 feet) while descending the Air Guitar route near Frenchman Coulee in Vantage, Washington. While being belayed by Seattle climber Erden Eruç, apparently his protection pulled out from a crack. According to Eruç, Kropp died on impact.
Before his passing, Göran had sponsored the Göran Kropp Bishwa Darshan Primary School in Taptin, Chyangba, Solukhumbu, Nepal, which serves 165 pupils and eight teachers. A tax-exempt non-profit organization named Around-n-Over established by Erden Eruç now aims to continue to support that school and the surrounding community. Around-n-Over will also create educational and inspirational content for young students based on human powered journeys worthy of Göran's legacy.
External links
- News article on accident (http://www.mountainzone.com/html/news/2002/html/1001_kropp_release.html)
- About Around-n-Over (http://www.around-n-over.org/around-n-over/)
- About Erden Eruç (http://www.around-n-over.org/erden.htm)sv:Göran Kropp