!!!Lerch, Theodor von

b. Bratislava, Slovakia (then Pressburg), Aug. 31, 1869, 
d. Vienna, Dec. 24, 1945, Major-general, ski pioneer, attended the 
military academy and war school, from 1897 officer on the general 
staff; 1910-1912 instructor in the Japanese army, L. (a student of M.  
Zdarsky  and exponent of the   Lilienfeld Skiing Technique ) became 
one of the most important early pioneers of skiing as a military and 
civilian sport in Japan. 1911 first ascent of Mount Fujiyama on skis 
(3748 m).

!Works
Die ersten Winterhochtouren in Japan, in: Ztschr. des Dt. und 
Oe. Alpenvereins 23, 1932; Ein Offizierskurs bei Zdarsky, in: M. 
Zdarsky (festschrift), ed. by E. Mehl, 1936.

!Literature
T. L. in: Oe. in Geschichte und Literatur 38, 1994.



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