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Born on this day

1975 Stein Tant, Belgian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.


First ascents on this day

1953 Mera (6470 m, the original one !) by a British party.


Gone on this day

2012 Ralf Dieter Arnold, German climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2008, Cho Oyu in 2010 and Everest in 2012, where he died on descent, aged 41.


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Italian pioneer and Polish mountaineer died
Saturday, 08 August 2009 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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