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Born on this day

1958 Rafael Fuentes, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992.


First ascents on this day

1989 Matho Kangri III (6121 m) by an Indian party.


Gone on this day

1996 José Luis (Zulu) Zuloaga, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1983, died during a training climb on Ice Tooth near Shisha Pangma by an avalanche, aged 42.


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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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