Stefan Glowacz is a professional rock climber and adventurer. He started climbing at the age of 15 and advanced to one of the world's best sports climbers only few years later. Since 1993 he has been devoted to natural challenges including expeditions to remote places in Canada, Patagonia, Antarctica.

Success in sport climbing

• 1987, 1988, 1992 Rock Master
• Winner of the Olympic Games' demonstration challenge in Albertville
  Albertville
  Albertville is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics.-Geography:...
  
  
• 1993 Vice World Champion

Achievements in rock climbing

• 1994 "Des Kaisers neue Kleider" (X+/8b+/5.14a), hardest route in the Alps for at least 9 years
• First ascents of big walls at the "Renard Tower", Antarktis, "Tupilak" and "Ulamartorsuaq" in Eastern resp. Southern Greenland, and "Mount Harrison Smith" in Canada
• 2001 he succeeded to be the first in fulfilling the Trilogy of the three hardest multipitch routes of the Alps (all established in 1994) including "End of silence" (X/8b/5.13d) of Thomas Huber
  Thomas Huber
  Thomas Huber , is a German climber and mountaineer. He lives in Berchtesgaden with his family. His brother and climbing partner is the German climber Alexander Huber....
  
  , and "Silbergeier" (X/8b/5.13d) of Beat Kammerlander
• 2006 nominated for the Piolet d'Or for establishing a 27 pitch route (IX+/7c+/5.13a, A2, M4) up the north wall of the Mullaron, Patagonia.

Books, Films

• Richtig Freiklettern
• Rocks around the World
• Hoch hinaus
• Titlis – Chronik einer Erstbegehung, DVD
• The Race, DVD
• On the Rocks - Leben an den Fingerspitzen (2005, Piper)
• 1991, Cerro Torre: Scream of the Stone, (dir. Werner Herzog
  Werner Herzog
  Werner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...
  
  ), DVD

External links

• http://www.glowacz.de
• www.climbandmore.com