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Roger Payne (mountaineer)

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Roger Payne (16 July 1956 – 12 July 2012) was a British mountaineer. [1]

37 relations: Avalanche, British Mountaineering Council, British people, Broad Peak, Cayesh, Chamonix, Changabang, Climbing, Daily Mail, Denali, England, French Alps, Gasherbrum, Hammersmith, Himalayas, Imja Tse, Jengish Chokusu, Jomolhari, K2, Karakoram, Khan Tengri, Leysin, Lobuche, London, Meru Peak, Mont Blanc massif, Mont Maudit, Mount Foraker, Mountaineering, Nanda Devi, Peru, Pumari Chhish, Switzerland, The Daily Telegraph, The Economist, Tirsuli, University of Sunderland.

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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British Mountaineering Council

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is the national representative body for England and Wales that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers.

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British people

The British people, or the Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Broad Peak

Broad Peak (بروڈ پیک) is the 12th highest mountain in the world at above sea level.

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Cayesh

Cayesh is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high.

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Chamonix

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc,.

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Changabang

Changabang is a mountain in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, India.

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Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep object.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Denali

Denali (also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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French Alps

The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions.

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Gasherbrum

Gasherbrum (گاشر برم) is a remote group of peaks located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya on the border of the Chinese-administered Shaksgam Valley and the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan.

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Hammersmith

Hammersmith is a district of west London, England, located west-southwest of Charing Cross.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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Imja Tse

Imja Tse, better known as Island Peak, is a mountain in Sagarmatha National Park of the Himalayas of eastern Nepal.

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Jengish Chokusu

Jengish Chokusu (Жеңиш чокусу, Ceñiş çoqusu, جەڭىش چوقۇسۇ; Пик Победы, Pik Pobedy) is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system at.

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Jomolhari

Jomolhari or Chomolhari sometimes known as "the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet, China and the Thimphu district of Bhutan.

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K2

K2 (کے ٹو), also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori (Balti and چھوغوری),, at above sea level, is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at.

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Karakoram

The Karakoram, or Karakorum is a large mountain range spanning the borders of Pakistan, India, and China, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

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Khan Tengri

Khan Tengri (Хан Тәңірі, حان تأڭئرئ, Han Táńiri; Хан-Теңири, حان-تەڭىرى, Xan-Teñiri;, Хантәңри, Xantengri;, Xiao'erjing: هًا تٍْ قْ لِ فعْ) is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range.

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Leysin

Leysin is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in the Aigle district of Switzerland.

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Lobuche

Lobuche (also spelt Lobuje) is a Nepalese mountain which lies close to the Khumbu Glacier and the settlement of Lobuche.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Meru Peak

Meru Peak is a mountain that lies in the Garhwal Himalayas, in the Uttarakhand region of India.

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Mont Blanc massif

The Mont Blanc massif (Massif du Mont-Blanc; Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end.

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Mont Maudit

Mont Maudit (4,465 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in France and Italy.

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Mount Foraker

Mount Foraker is a mountain in the central Alaska Range, in Denali National Park, southwest of Denali.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.

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Nanda Devi

Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India, and the highest located entirely within the country.

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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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Pumari Chhish

Pumari Chhish (پماری چش.), (or Pumarikish, Peak 11) is a high peak of the Hispar Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London.

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Tirsuli

Tirsuli is a Himalayan mountain peak in the Pithoragarh district of Kumaon Uttarakhand, India. It is part of the complex of mountains, including Tirsuli West, Hardeol, Dunagiri, Changabang, and Kalanka, which make up the northeast wall of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, in the Garhwal Himalaya. It rises at the northern end of the Johar Valley, which drains into the Ghori Ganga. This peak should not be confused with nearby Trisul, which is on the southwest side of the Sanctuary. In 1939, a serious attempt on this peak by the successful Polish expedition to Nanda Devi East was abandoned after a night avalanche buried leader Adam Karpinski and climber Stefan Bernadzikiewicz at Camp 3.Jill Neate, High Asia: An illustrated history of the 7000 metre peaks, The Mountaineers, 1989, 0-89886-238-8, p. 89. Indian team led by Mohan Singh Kohli from Indian Mountaineering Foundation, under Ministry of Defence, Government of India tried an unsuccessful attempt to the peak in 1964. Another team led by K. P. Sharma and organized by Himalayan Association attempted the peak in 1965, but turned back from about. The peak was scaled for the first time on 9 October 1966 by another Indian team led by Chanchal Kumar Mitra & organised for the 2nd. time by Himalayan Association of calcutta. They ascended the east face of the south-east ridge and then took the south-east ridge to the top, mounting the summit bid from Camp 5, at about. Nirapada Mallik (Dy.leader), Shyamal Chakrabarty, Nima Tashi (former Dy.Director of training at The HMI Darjeeling) and Dorji sherpa were the summitters. Other members of the team were Manik Banerjee, K.K.Khanna, Marcopolo Srimal, Dr. Jungpangi from Geological Survey of India, Dr.Amitava Sen(M.O), Pinaki Sinha and Sailesh Chakraborty. The expedition was organised by the Himalayan Association, Kolkata.

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University of Sunderland

The University of Sunderland is a university located in Sunderland in the North East of England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Payne_(mountaineer)

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