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Born on this day

1977 Kami Singee Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest five times (2006, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2024), Makalu in 2008, Dhaulagiri I in 2010, Manaslu RP in 2013 and Lhotse in 2018.


First ascents on this day

1932 Rakhiot Peak (7070 m) by a German party.


Gone on this day

1986 Renato Casarotto, Italian climber, who made the first ascent of Broad Peak North (7490 m) in 1983 and ascended Gasherbrum II in 1985, died on K2, aged 38.


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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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