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Born on this day

1974 Ian Wade, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Gasherbrum II in 2004 and Everest in 2005.


First ascents on this day

1981 Sudarshan Parbat (6507 m) by a Franco-Indian party.


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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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