Ernest Farquet Explained

Ernest Farquet
Birth Date:	1975 11, df=y

Ernest Farquet (born 28 November 1975) is a Swiss ski mountaineer.

History

In 2007, in a team with Simon Anthamatten (leader), Marcel Marti and Florent Troillet, he climbed the Matterhorn in a record time of 3 hours 45 minutes.^[1] The record was beaten by Andreas Steindl in 2011.^[2]

Selected results

• 2006:
  • 3rt, Zermatt-Rothorn run^[3]
• 2008:
  • 3rd, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Jon Andri Willy^[4]
  • 8th, Pierra Menta (together with Marcel Marti)
• 2009:
  • 9th, European Championship team race (together with Reynold Ginier)

Patrouille des Glaciers

See main article: Patrouille des Glaciers.

• 2000: 5th (international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2 Rolf Zurbrügg and Pvt E-2 Gregoire Saillen^[5]
• 2004: 6th (and 1st international military teams ranking), together with Cpl Dominique Di Nino and Cpl Stéphane Gay^[6]
• 2006: 4th (and 2nd in international military teams ranking), together with Cpl Stéphane Gay and Pvt E-2 Pius Schuwey^[7]
• 2008: 3rd, together with Jon Andri Willy and Martin Anthamatten
• 2010: 2nd ("military international" class ranking), together with Thomas Delamorclaz and Antoine Jean^[8]

Trofeo Mezzalama

See main article: Trofeo Mezzalama.

• 2005: 7th: together with Stephane Millius and Philippe Blanc
• 2007: 8th, together with Yannick Ecoeur and Alain Rey
• 2009: 5th, together with Didier Moret and Pierre Bruchez

External links

• Ernest Farquet at skimountaineering.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.jungfrauzeitung.ch/artikel/79665/ Trainingshalber Rekord aufgestellt - Grindelwalder bestieg das Matterhorn in 3:45 Stunden
2. http://climbing.about.com/b/2011/10/04/swiss-guide-climbs-matterhorn-in-sub-3-hour-sprint.htm Swiss Guide Climbs Matterhorn in Sub-3 Hour Sprint
3. Web site: Gebirgslauf Zermatt - Rothorn 2006 . 2012-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306193614/http://sac.zermatt.ch/gebirgslauf/2006/rangliste.html . 2012-03-06 . dead .
4. http://www.gastlosen.com/2008/resultats/gast_2008_resultats.pdf 2008 Trophée des Gastlosen – 2008 results
5. http://live.pdg.ch/pdg00/pdf/ranga.pdf 2000 Patrouille des Glaciers
6. http://live.pdg.ch/pdg04/pdf/rankinglistA.pdf 2004 Patrouille des Glaciers
7. http://live.pdg.ch/pdg06/pdf/rankinglist-A2-13-official/rankinglist-A2-13-official.pdf 2006 Patrouille des Glaciers
8. http://direct.pdg.ch/data/download/Objets/Id_343_Rang%20A2%20categorie_fr.pdf 2010 Patrouille des Glaciers