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Born on this day

1976 Matthew Lee Walker, American climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.


Gone on this day

1937 In one of the biggest catastrophes on an 8000er an avalanche on Nanga Parbat buried 16 men of a German expedition. The victims were : German climbers Karl Wien (leader), Adolf Göttner (only 21 years young), Hans Hartmann, Günther Hepp, Peter Müllritter and Martin Pfeffer, Austrian climber Rupert (Pert) Fankhauser and Indian Sherpa climbers Pasang Norbu, Chong Karma, Karmi, Gyaljen Monjo, Mingma Tshering, Nima Tshering I, Nima Tshering II, Ang Tshering II and Tigmay.


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Italian pioneer and Polish mountaineer died
Samstag, 08. August 2009 um 16:30

On August 6th, Riccardo Cassin, the leader of the successful Gasherbrum IV expedition in 1958, died, aged 100.

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Yesterday the Polish mountaineer Andrzej Marciniak was found dead on Posrednia Gran in the High Tatras. He ascended Everest in 1989 and Annapurna I in 1996. He was 50 years old.

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