Keyword: Luke Waldner

48 peaks, 74 kilometers and 9.200 meters of altitude gain in 29 hours and 30 minutes: Innsbruck mountaineer Lukas Waldner achieves the first continuous traverse of the Gleirsch-Halltal chain and the Nordkette in the Karwendel mountains.

On January 20, 2026, Tyrolean mountaineers Martin Sieberer and Lukas Waldner from Innsbruck achieved the first winter ascent of the "Schutzengelweg" route on the north face of the Sagwandspitze in Tyrol. This also marks the first known repeat ascent in 34 years. After two repeats in the early 1990s, the route remained unclimbed for over three decades.

Benjamin Zörer and Lukas Waldner have achieved the first ascent of Kimshung (6.781 m) in the Langtang Himal, Nepal. Together with François Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni, they climbed the new route "DESTINY" (TD, 1.300 m, 60°, AI4, M5) via the northeast face.