Marcus Schmuck
Marcus Schmuck was an Austrian mountaineer. In 1957, together with Hermann Buhl he organized the expedition, firstly envisaged and initiated by Buhl, to climb the world's 12th highest peak, the Broad Peak (8,047 metres) in the Karakoram in Pakistan. 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. Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer and author (d. 2005)
18 April 1925
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Born in the same month (April 1925): Angelo Poffo • Art Kane • Chaturanan Mishra • Corinne Calvet • Derek Chinnery • Ernie Stautner • George MacDonald Fraser • John Kraaijkamp Sr. • Johnny Horton • Ned Miller • Oliver Postgate • Pierre Péladeau • René Moawad • T. John Lesinski • Tony Benn