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On 25 October 1939, Andreas ‘Anderl’ Mannhardt was born in Rottach-Egern, Germany. In March 1961, at the age of 21, he made the first winter ascent of the north face of the Eiger. On 22 June 1962, together with Toni Kinshofer and Siegfried Löw, he opened a new route on the Diamir Face of Nanga Parbat (8,126 m): the second ascent of the mountain overall, and the first new route opened on an eight-thousander. Löw died during the descent; Mannhardt suffered severe frostbite.

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A poet and humanist born in Arezzo in 1304, author of a letter describing an ascent of Mont Ventoux dated 26 April 1336.

Austrian mountaineer; first to climb Broad Peak in 1957 with Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger and Hermann Buhl.

New Zealand mountaineer and explorer, one of the first two men, alongside Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Everest

French mountaineer, mountain guide, writer, photographer and filmmaker, the first person to climb all six of the great north faces of the Alps.

Charles Evans is the British mountaineer who, in 1953, together with Tom Bourdillon, reached the South Summit ofEverest, the highest point reached by John Hunt’s British expedition before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit. In 1955, he led the British expedition that made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest peak. A surgeon by training, he was principal of the University College of North Wales (later Bangor University) from 1958, and president of the Alpine Club from 1967 to 1970.

As parish priest of Alagna Valsesia, he reached the Signalkuppe – now known as Punta Gnifetti – on 9 August 1842.

Alpinista e scrittore britannico, presidente dell'Alpine Club dal 1865 al 1868 e primo direttore del Dictionary of National Biography.

Austrian mountaineer and filmmaker

A Valais-born mountain guide who grew up in Macugnaga, the first person to climb Aconcagua in 1897.

Born in Valfurva on 26 September 1914, where he resided during his childhood years and his long period of military service where he excelled in Nordic skiing.

Alpinista e incisore su legno britannico, autore della prima ascensione del Cervino il 14 luglio 1865.

 On 5 August 1804, Gottlieb Samuel Studer was born in Langnau im Emmental (Canton Bern), a Swiss mountaineer who was the first ascender of the Wildhorn (3248m) and one of the founders of the Swiss Alpine Club. In his mountaineering career he climbed more than 650 peaks. 

British surveyor and cartographer, Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.

On 12 April 1856, William Martin Conway was born in Rochester, a British explorer and mountaineer known for a number of notable ascents in the Alps, Andes and Karakorum.

Simone Moro, an Italian mountaineer, was born in Bergamo on 27 October 1967.