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Marco Siffredi

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Marco Siffredi (22 May 1979 – 8 September 2002) was a French snowboarder and mountaineer who hailed from a climbing family; his father was a mountain guide and his brother had died in an avalanche in Chamonix. [1]

22 relations: Aiguille du Midi, Aiguille Verte, Austrians, Avalanche, Bolivia, Chamonix, Cho Oyu, Dorje Lhakpa, French people, Hornbein Couloir, Huayna Potosí, List of people who died climbing Mount Everest, Mont Blanc, Mount Everest, Nepal, North Col, Norton Couloir, Peru, Phurba Tashi, René Robert, Shishapangma, Tibet.

Aiguille du Midi

The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m / 12,605 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps.

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Aiguille Verte

The Aiguille Verte, which is French for "Green Needle", is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.

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Austrians

Austrians (Österreicher) are a Germanic nation and ethnic group, native to modern Austria and South Tyrol that share a common Austrian culture, Austrian descent and Austrian history.

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Avalanche

An avalanche (also called a snowslide) is a cohesive slab of snow lying upon a weaker layer of snow in the snowpack that fractures and slides down a steep slope when triggered.

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Bolivia

Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Chamonix

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc,.

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Cho Oyu

Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु) is the sixth highest mountain in the world at above sea level.

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Dorje Lhakpa

Dorje Lhakpa is a mountain in the Langtang Himal area in Nepal.

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French people

The French (Français) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation who are identified with the country of France.

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Hornbein Couloir

The Hornbein Couloir is a notable narrow and steep couloir high to the west on the north face of Mount Everest in Tibet, that extends from about elevation, below the summit.

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Huayna Potosí

Huayna Potosí is a mountain in Bolivia, located near El Alto and about 25 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera Real.

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List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

Mount Everest, at is the world's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers.

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Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco), meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Europe west of Russia's Caucasus peaks.

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Mount Everest

Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.

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Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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North Col

The North Col refers to the sharp-edged pass carved by glaciers in the ridge connecting Mount Everest and Changtse in Tibet, It forms the head of the East Rongbuk Glacier.

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Norton Couloir

The Norton Couloir or Great Couloir is a steep gorge high on the north face of Mount Everest in Tibet, China, which lies east of the pyramidal peak and extends to within 150 m below the summit.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Phurba Tashi

Phurba Tashi Sherpa Mendewa (फूर्वा तासी शेर्पा, 1971) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer known for his numerous ascents of major Himalayan peaks.

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René Robert

René Paul Robert (born December 31, 1948) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey right winger who played 12 seasons in the NHL between 1970 and 1982.

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Shishapangma

Shishapangma, also called Gosainthān, is the 14th highest mountain in the world at above sea level.

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Tibet

Tibet is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Siffredi

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