Òscar Cadiach


Òscar Cadiach i Puig is a Catalan mountain climber. He has climbed all the 14 eight-thousanders.

Life

Cadiach grew up in Tarragona. At age 14 he became interested in mountain climbing and with 22 he was working as an instructor at the Escola Catalana d’Alta Muntanya.
In the 1980s he started to climb the eight-thousanders with the Nanga Parbat being the first summit to be reached in 1984. In 1985 he climbed the Mount Everest, where Cadiach managed to climb the technically difficult Second Step unaided for the first time. In 2013 he climbed his 13th eight-thousander, the Gasherbrum I.
Besides he also traveled to America and Africa. He also worked as a photographer and took part in several documentary productions. In the documentary Al Filo de lo Imposible he took the role of George Mallory. For the Catalan TV program El Cim at TV3 he led six rather inexperienced young mountain climbers to the summit of Aconcagua in 2003.

Climbing of eight-thousanders

Cadiach has climbed the eight-thousanders in the following order:
  1. Nanga Parbat on 07.08.1984
  2. Mount Everest on 28.08.1985, second climb on 17.05.1993
  3. Shishapangma on 04.10.1993
  4. Cho Oyu on 29.09.1996, second climb on 04.05.1997
  5. Makalu on 19.05.1998
  6. Gasherbrum II on 07.07.1999
  7. Lhotse on 23.05.2001
  8. Manaslu on 04.10.2011
  9. Annapurna on 06.05.2012
  10. Dhaulagiri on 25.05.2012
  11. K2 on 31.07.2012
  12. Kangchenjunga on 20.05.2013
  13. Gasherbrum I on 29.07.2013
  14. Broad Peak on 27.07.2017