2000
Silvo
Karo (Slovenia) Although
best-known for his big-wall climbing, Silvo Karo is an exceptionally versatile climber:
sport climbing to 8a, speed climbing, mixed climbing, aid climbing to A5 and
mountaineering on 8000 metre peaks. In 20 years of climbing, he has made nearly 1000
ascents and established 150 new routes including routes on Fitzroy (Mermoz route), Cerro
Torre (west face and south face), Bhagirathi III (Amphitheatre Wall), and Mount Everest
(from Western Cwm to west ridge). In 1987, Karo began his filmmaking career with a 16mm
camera on the south wall of Cerro Torre in Patagonia. This resulted in the film Cerro
Torre - South Face that won a Silver Gentian Award and the UIAA Prize at the film
festival in Trento (1990). He was a jury member at the Banff Mountain Film Festival in
1997.
Mountain
Culture, The
Banff Centre | 107 Tunnel Mountain Dr | Box 1020
Banff, Alberta, Canada T1L 1H5
Although
best-known for his big-wall climbing, Silvo Karo is an exceptionally versatile climber:
sport climbing to 8a, speed climbing, mixed climbing, aid climbing to A5 and
mountaineering on 8000 metre peaks. In 20 years of climbing, he has made nearly 1000
ascents and established 150 new routes including routes on Fitzroy (Mermoz route), Cerro
Torre (west face and south face), Bhagirathi III (Amphitheatre Wall), and Mount Everest
(from Western Cwm to west ridge). In 1987, Karo began his filmmaking career with a 16mm
camera on the south wall of Cerro Torre in Patagonia. This resulted in the film Cerro
Torre - South Face that won a Silver Gentian Award and the UIAA Prize at the film
festival in Trento (1990). He was a jury member at the Banff Mountain Film Festival in
1997.
