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Born on this day

1954 Franz Scharmüller, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.


First ascents on this day

1938 Swachand (6721 m) by an Austrian party.


Gone on this day

2012 Ludovic Challeat, French climber, who ascended Kamet in 2005, Cho Oyu in 2006, Everest twice (2007 and 2009), Makalu in 2008, Manaslu RP twice (2008 and 2011), Gasherbrum II in 2010 and Kangchenjunga in 2011, died in an avalanche on Manaslu, 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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