On this day

Mountain history events that happened on 19 October

1. 1850 176 years ago

   

   Annie Smith Peck is born is born

   

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2. 1918 108 years ago

   Charles Evans is born

   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...

   

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   Massimo Martini

3. 1954 72 years ago

   

   Cho Oyu: first ascent

   

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