Michael Dacher (21 August 1933 – 3 December 1994) was a German mountaineer and extreme climber. In 1979 he and Reinhold Messner climbed the K2 in record time and without oxygen equipment.
A primary school in Khadambas, a village 80 km east of Kathmandu in Nepal, has been named after him.
Dacher was born in Peiting.
1950 Geiselstein in the Ammer Mountains1951 Geiselstein south face, south cut, east cut, first five-day tour1952 Fleischbank, southeast face, Bauernpredigtstuhl-Alte Westwand1953 Fleischbank-Südostverschneidung, Mauk, west face (Buhlroute), Schüsselkarspitze, southeast face, Große Zinne-Norwand (Comici)1954 Predigtstuhl – direct west face (4th ascent) Große Zinne, north face (Comici), 4th solo ascent1955 Torre di Valgrande, northwest face (Carlessoführe), many solo tours in local Ammer Mountains1956/57 first West Alpine journey, Westliche Zinne, north face (Cassin)1959 Piz Badile, northeast face1960 Rotwand, southwest face (Brandler-Hasse)1961 Große Zinne, direct north face1962 Grandes Jorasses-Walkerpfeiler, first ice tour1963 Ortler, north face (Schmid)1964 Matterhorn, north face1965/68 Oberreintaldom-Gondaverschneidung und Schießlerführe, Berggeisttum-Cukrowskiführe, Montblanc-Brenvaflanke, Blatière, west face (Brown), Sass-Maor, east face (Solleder), Piz de Ciavàzes-south face (Schubert)1969 Eiger, north face (Heckmair), Mont Maudit southeast arête1971/72 Trollryggen, northeast face (Norway)1974 Cengalo, northwest pillar1976 Rotwand, southwest face (Eisenstecken)1978 Triolet, north face, Grubenkarspitze, west face (Klaus Werner Führe) Karwendel1973 Hindu Kush expedition, failed owing to equipment losses1975 Yalung Kang (8,438 m) (Kangchenjunga West Peak), second ascent1977 Lhotse (8,516 m) im Khumbu Himalayas, without supplemental oxygen1979 K2 (8,611 m) im Karakoram with Reinhold Messner; Dacher was the first German on the K21980 Shishapangma (8,046 m) in Tibet1981 Nanga Parbat (8,125 m) in Pakistan1982 Hidden Peak (8,080 m), first ascent of a variation in the north face1983 Cho Oyu (8,188 m) from the southwest in Alpine style1984 Manaslu (8,163 m)1985 Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), failed owing to sickness of a colleague1986 Broad Peak (8,047 m)1987 Everest (8,848 m), failed owing to storms1987 Gasherbrum II (8,035 m)1988 Makalu (8,485 m) failed owing to hurricane winds1990 Dhaulagiri (8,167 m) international expedition, failed1991 Everest (8,848 m) attempt1993 Mustagh Ata (7,546 m) climbed with skis1993 Everest (8,848 m), expedition attempt1992 Aconcagua (6,962 m), Dacher is expedition leaderGreenland
1970 Greenland, inland ice crossing from west to east (Nansen route) with Franz Martin