Carlos Carsolio admired climber Hermann Buhl in his youth, and later Lynn Hill, Peter Croft and Jerzy Kukuczka.
17 Facts About Carlos Carsolio
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At age 22, Carlos Carsolio got his first big achievement when he climbed Reinhold Messner's tough south face route of Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America at 6,962 meters.
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Carlos Carsolio traveled to Patagonia in 1990 with his friend Andres Delgado to make the first Mexican ascent of Cerro Torre, considered by experts as the world's most difficult mountain for its great granite wall of at least 800 meters, no matter what path climbers seek to attack.
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Carlos Carsolio climbed his first eight-thousander with Jerzy Kukuczka; considered by some the best high-altitude climber in the world.
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Carlos Carsolio summited Shisha Pangma with Elsa Avila, Ramiro Navarrete, Ryszard Warecki and Wanda Rutkiewicz, and being the first to traverse the sharp snow arete from the Central Summit to the Main Summit.
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Carlos Carsolio required rescue and emergency oxygen on the descent.
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On 13 October 1989 Carlos Carsolio headed a Mexican expedition to make summit on Mount Everest by the southeast route without the aid of bottled oxygen.
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On 12 May 1992 Carlos Carsolio made the summit of Kangchenjunga climbing solo.
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Carlos Carsolio was exhausted and could not convince her to descend with him, and she was never seen again.
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The sixth eight-thousander for Carlos Carsolio was K2 on 13 June 1993, considered by many climbers the most difficult peak in the world.
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On 26 April 1994, Carlos Carsolio reached the summit of Cho Oyu, establishing a speed record: ascent from base camp in 18 hours and 45 minutes.
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On 13 May 1994, Carlos Carsolio set a new speed record on Lhotse, with a climb of 23 hours and 50 minutes from base camp to the summit.
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On 9 July 1994 Carlos Carsolio reached the summit solo of Broad Peak, establishing a new route on the west face of the mountain, now known by his name.
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Carlos Carsolio ended that year, 1994, with two world records set in just 17 days, a new route with his name and three more eight-thousanders in his statistics.
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Carlos Carsolio tried Manaslu with Kukuczka in 1986, but failed at that time with principles of freezing on fingers and toes, and nearly lost his life on this expedition in an attempt of a new route.
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The international media pressure was enormous, and Carlos Carsolio never made an expedition so well prepared, equipped and funded.
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The objective was accomplished; Carlos Carsolio got his 14th eight-thousander.