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Cala Cimenti

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Carlalberto Cala Cimenti (1975 to 2021) was an Italian mountaineer and a child prodigy of the sport, who climbed Mont Blanc with his father at the age of 12. In 2015 he became the first Italian to win a Snow Leopard award. His ascents included Cho Oyu, Manaslu, Dhaulagiri I, Nanga Parbat and Gasherbrum VII, where he saved the life of his friend Francesco Cassardo. He was married to Erika Siffedri from 2018 and published a book in 2020, Sdraiato in cima al mondo. He was killed by an avalanche in the Susa Valley in February 2021, together with his friend Patrick Negro.

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1975 1
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Male 1
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was an Italian mountaineer
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1. Cala Cimenti (Wikipedia)
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    Carlalberto "Cala" Cimenti (14 February 1975
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    He also climbed Cho Oyu, Manaslu
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    was an Italian mountaineer
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    was an Italian mountaineer
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