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Born on this day

1966 Elvio Ferigo, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.


First ascent on this day

2003 Hungchhi (7029 m) by a Japanese party.


Event on this day

1863 Swiss Alpine Club founded in Olten. In their famous bulletin "Die Alpen" they published the Himalayan chronicles of Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth.


Gone on this day

1988 Marek Danielak, Polish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1986. He died on Ritacuba Blanca, aged 35.


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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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