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Born on this day

1968 Paula Birgitta Strengell, Finnish lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2018, Everest in 2019, Makalu in 2023, K2 in 2024, Annapurna I, Nanga Parbat, Manaslu M and Dhaulagiri I in 2025 and Lhotse in 2026.


First ascents on this day

1952 Gangotri III (6577 m) by a British party.


Gone on this day

1991 Daniel Reid, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1983, died by a fall on Mount Kenya, aged 49.


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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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