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Fritz Moravec

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Fritz Moravec (April 27 1922 in Vienna, Austria, March 17 1997 in Vienna) was an Austrian mountaineer, author and famous alpinist.

Life

He is most famous for the first ascent of Gasherbrum II, the last mountain of the Eight-thousander in the Karakoram that was unclimbed in the 1950s.

Works

Weiße Berge - schwarze Menschen, 1958; Dhaulagiri - Berg ohne Gnade, 1960; Gefahren und Gefährten, 1961.

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