Alexander Huber (climber)
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Alexander Huber is a renowned German rock climber and mountaineer, famous for his cutting-edge free climbs and speed ascents on big walls such as El Capitan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Huber (climber) canonical | 3 |
| Category:Alexander Huber (climber) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13233958 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Huber (climber) Context triple: [Thomas Huber (climber), sibling, Alexander Huber (climber)]
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Thomas Huber (climber)
Thomas Huber is a renowned German rock climber and mountaineer, best known as one half of the Huber brothers for their groundbreaking big-wall ascents and speed records, particularly on Yosemite’s El Capitan.
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Cornelius Hackl
Cornelius Hackl is a charming, adventure-seeking clerk from Yonkers who becomes a central romantic figure in Thornton Wilder’s play "The Matchmaker" and its musical adaptation "Hello, Dolly!".
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Hermann Buhl
Hermann Buhl was an Austrian mountaineer renowned as one of the greatest alpinists of the 20th century, noted for his bold solo ascents and pioneering high-altitude climbs in the Himalayas and Karakoram.
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Julius Gorner
Julius Gorner is the primary antagonist in Sebastian Faulks's James Bond novel "Devil May Care," a wealthy and sadistic mastermind whose schemes threaten global stability.
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Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner is a legendary Italian mountaineer renowned for being the first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders and for pioneering bold, oxygen-free ascents of the world’s highest peaks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Huber (climber) Target entity description: Alexander Huber is a renowned German rock climber and mountaineer, famous for his cutting-edge free climbs and speed ascents on big walls such as El Capitan.
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Thomas Huber (climber)
Thomas Huber is a renowned German rock climber and mountaineer, best known as one half of the Huber brothers for their groundbreaking big-wall ascents and speed records, particularly on Yosemite’s El Capitan.
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B.
Cornelius Hackl
Cornelius Hackl is a charming, adventure-seeking clerk from Yonkers who becomes a central romantic figure in Thornton Wilder’s play "The Matchmaker" and its musical adaptation "Hello, Dolly!".
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C.
Hermann Buhl
Hermann Buhl was an Austrian mountaineer renowned as one of the greatest alpinists of the 20th century, noted for his bold solo ascents and pioneering high-altitude climbs in the Himalayas and Karakoram.
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D.
Julius Gorner
Julius Gorner is the primary antagonist in Sebastian Faulks's James Bond novel "Devil May Care," a wealthy and sadistic mastermind whose schemes threaten global stability.
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E.
Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner is a legendary Italian mountaineer renowned for being the first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders and for pioneering bold, oxygen-free ascents of the world’s highest peaks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
big wall climber
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free solo climber ⓘ human ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ rock climber ⓘ sport climber ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| familyName | Huber ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
alpine climbing
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big wall free climbing ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ |
| genre | extreme climbing ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| hasMediaCategory |
Category:Alexander Huber (climber)
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linked to:
Alexander Huber (climber)
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| hasPartnershipWith | Thomas Huber ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Thomas Huber ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.huberbuam.de ⓘ |
| knownFor |
big wall climbing
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free climbing ⓘ free solo ascents ⓘ speed climbing on El Capitan ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Huberbuam ⓘ |
| name | Alexander Huber ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
establishing difficult multi-pitch routes
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pioneering cutting-edge free climbs on big walls ⓘ setting speed records on big walls ⓘ |
| notablePlaceOfActivity |
Alps
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El Capitan ⓘ Germany ⓘ Yosemite Valley ⓘ |
| notableRole | leading figure in modern free climbing ⓘ |
| notableWork |
difficult free solos in the Alps
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free climbs on El Capitan ⓘ hard sport climbing routes in Germany ⓘ speed ascents on El Capitan ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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mountaineer ⓘ rock climber ⓘ |
| performerIn |
first ascents of difficult routes in the Alps
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first ascents of difficult routes on El Capitan ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Thomas Huber ⓘ |
| sport | climbing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alexander Huber (climber) Description of subject: Alexander Huber is a renowned German rock climber and mountaineer, famous for his cutting-edge free climbs and speed ascents on big walls such as El Capitan.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.