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Born on this day

1958 Miguel Ángel Vidal, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1990.


First ascents on this day

1980 Kharchakund (6632 m) by a Japanese party.


Gone on this day

1999 James Edward (Jim) Haberl, Canadian climber, who ascended K2 in 1993, died in an avalanche in Alaska, aged 41.


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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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