Herbert Tichy (1 June 1912 – 26 September 1987) was an Austrian writer, geologist, journalist and climber.
Along with Sepp Jöchler and Pasang Dawa Lama, Tichy made the first ascent of Cho Oyu on 19 October 1954. Tichy documented the climb in his book Cho Oyu, Cho Oyu: By Favour Of The Gods, published in 1957.
Literature by and about Herbert Tichy in the catalogue of the German National Library
Hannes Stanik: . May 2009 ( online [PDF; accessed on 15 December 2014] thesis).
Photos by Herbert Tichy during the first ascent of Cho Oyu ( Memento from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Herbert Tichy . Article on emmet.de, via archive.org
Association for the Promotion of the Memory of Herbert Tichy
Gerhard Schirmer: Herbert Tichy: The Globetrotter . landderberge.at, accessed on 2 November 2014
Herbert Tichy in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna