1. Fritz Steuri was a three-time Swiss champion in cross-country skiing.
15 Facts About Fritz Steuri
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Fritz Steuri came into contact with skiing in the early 1890s when he saw the Englishman Gerald Fox skiing in Grindelwald.
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Fritz Steuri became one of the best skiers in the early days of Swiss ski racing.
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In January 1903, Fritz Steuri won the Grindelwald ski club's second race in downhill skiing and came second in both ski jumping and endurance.
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In February 1903, Fritz Steuri won the "International Cup in alpine endurance" organized in Adelboden by the Ski Club of Bern, which he won in 1904 and 1905.
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In 1906 in Zweisimmen and 1907 in Davos Fritz Steuri was again the Swiss champion in endurance, whereupon he was asked not to participate in this race to offer other athletes a chance to win.
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In 1926 Fritz Steuri was president of the Grindelwald ski club.
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Fritz Steuri worked for 45 years as a mountain guide, mainly around Grindelwald and in the Valais and Grison Alps.
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Shortly beforehand, Fritz Steuri had climbed the Dufourspitze, the Matterhorn and the Aletschhorn with Maki and Brawand.
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Subsequently, Fritz Steuri led many Japanese on Alpine summits, including Prince Chichibu, with whom Fritz Steuri and other guides climbed the Wetterhorn, the Finsteraarhorn, the Schreckhorn, the Matterhorn, the summit of Monte Rosa and other mountains in September 1926.
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Fritz Steuri worked as one of the "Jochfuhrer", the guides who after the construction of the Jungfrau railway were always stationed at Jungfraujoch and led tourists from there to the surrounding peaks.
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In summer 1938 Fritz Steuri led the search party that discovered the body of Italian climber Bartolo Sandri, who had died along with his partner, Mario Menti, in an attempt on the north face of the Eiger.
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Fritz Steuri was sometime landlord of the Konkordia Hut and chairman of the Grindelwald mountain rescue.
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Fritz Steuri had four sons, the three eldest of whom were known as mountain guides: Fritz Jr.
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Fritz Steuri headed the ski school at Kleine Scheidegg, but was killed in a climbing accident.