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Marcus Schmuck

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Marcus Schmuck was an Austrian mountaineer who lived from 18 April 1925 to 21 August 2005. In 1957, together with Hermann Buhl, he organized the expedition, first envisaged and initiated by Buhl, to climb Broad Peak (8,047 metres) in the Karakoram in Pakistan, the world's 12th highest peak. The other members of the expedition were Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger. In his later years he successfully organized and led 74 expeditions to the high mountains around the world.

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1925 1
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