Hans Christian Doseth

Hans Christian Doseth (b. 1958 in Romsdal, Norway - d. August 1984 in Pakistan) was a visionary Norwegian climber. Doseth pushed the standards of modern big wall climbing through many bold first ascents in Europe and the Himalayas. Among his achievements were several first ascents of difficult routes on Trollveggen (Troll Wall), Romsdal's north facing big wall, both in winter and summer. Doseth also raised the levels of sport climbing in Northern Europe, introducing routes in the 5.12 range (French 7b/c) in Norway in the early 80s.

Doseth was killed together with his climbing partner Finn Dæhli on Great Trango Tower in Karakoram, Pakistan, after establishing the Norwegian Buttress, the first route to scale the massive east face of the mountain.