Uğur Uluocak 5224169 176610641 2007-12-08T18:45:15Z TheRingess 212143 /* References */ removed blog link [[Image:UgurUluocak.jpg|thumb|300px|right]] '''Yaşar Uğur Uluocak''' (1962-2003) was a [[Turkey|Turkish]] multi-talented outdoor sportsman, photographer and editor. He was one of the most famous Turkish [[mountaineering|mountaineers]] known for climbing high mountains. He was born 1962 in [[Ankara]], Turkey. After finishing [[St. Joseph High School (Istanbul)|Saint Joseph High School]] in İstanbul, he graduated in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from the [[Istanbul Technical University]]. Uğur started mountain climbing in 1984 at the mountaineering club of İstanbul Technical University[http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITUDAK (ITUDAK)]. Uğur was a complete sportsman. He competed four years in [[sport rowing|rowing]], ranking on first place. He was a [[middle distance track event|middle]] and [[long distance track event|long distance runner]] for eight years, and a [[scuba diving|scuba diver]] and [[cyclist]] for the last two years. As a worldwide mountaineer, he trained many young sportsmen both in theoretical and practical ways. Since 1999, Uğur was working as a photographer, expedition coordinator and editor for the Turkish nature and outdoor sports magazine "''Atlas''". He wrote not only his adventures on high mountains but also mountaineering ethics and history with his friend [[Ahmet Köksal]]. Uğur was a very influential figure to the Turkish mountaineering community with a very strong and dedicated personality and extremely high intellectual capacity. He was fluent in five languages. Professionally, he was a lecturer in at the [[Marmara University]] in İstanbul. He was also an active opponent of the [[Communist Party of Turkey]] for over 20 years. {{Fact|date=November 2007}} Uğur Uluocak died on [[July 2]], [[2003]] while photographing on descent, as a rock broke off and he fell downwards at 4200 m of [[Alarcha Mountain]] in [[Kyrgyzstan]]. His body was recovered by his teammates [[Haldun Ülkenli]] and [[Alper Işın Duran]], and brought to his homeland for burial. Uğur was the second Turkish mountaineer after [[Ali Kepenek]] to die in a foreign country while climbing a mountain. ==Achievements== * Direktaş, north face (solo, in 2 hours) and northeast dihedral, Ala Mountains (Turkey) * Mt. Büyük Demirkazık, west face (solo) and north face, Ala Mountains (Turkey) * Mt. Küçük Demirkazık, south face (first ascent), Ala Mountains (Turkey) * Çağalın Başı, northwest face (first ascent), Ala Mountains (Turkey) * Ağrı ([[Mount Ararat]]) (5,137 m), north glacier in summer and winter * [[Mount Elbrus]] (5,642 m) in [[Caucassus]] * [[Peak Vorobiyov]] (5,685 m), [[Peak Chetyriokh]] (Peak of Fours) (6,299 m), [[Peak Korzhenevskaya]] (7,105 m), [[Peak Communism]] (7,495 m) in [[Pamir Mountains]] * [[Razdelnaya]] (6,248 m), [[Khan Tengri]] (7,010 m), [[Lenin Peak]] (7,134 m) in Kyrgyzstan. * [[K-2]] (8,611 m), two attempts in 1998 and 1999 * 1999 [[Shisha Pangma]] (8,013 m) in [[People's Republic of China]] * 1999 [[Cho Oyu]] (8,201 m) in [[Nepal]], alpine solo * 2000 [[Annapurna]] attempt * 2002 Mt. Reşko, north face, Cilo Mountains (Turkey) ==References== * [http://www.hurriyetim.com.tr/haber/0,,sid~1@w~1@nvid~286633,00.asp Biography in Turkish] * [http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2003/07/04/g01.html News about his last ascent in the newspaper ''Sabah'' in Turkish] * [http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=80360 News about his last ascent in the newspaper ''Radikal'' in Turkish] {{DEFAULTSORT:Uluocak, Ugur}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Istanbul Technical University alumni]] [[Category:Turkish mountain climbers]] [[Category:Turkish rowers]] [[Category:Turkish photographers]] [[Category:Turkish communists]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Mountaineering deaths]]