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Revision as of 17:46, 13 April 2010
Jozef Psotka, (born on 12 February 1934 in Košice, Czechoslovakia, died October 16, 1984 on Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal) was a Slovak mountaineer, at that time the oldest person in the world who reached a summit of Mount Everest without oxygen.
Biography
He attended a high school in Košice, Czechoslovakia, and graduated in 1953. He had a lifetime passion for mountaineering, climbing Matterhorn and Kangchenjunga among other peaks. On October 15, 1984 he reached summit of Mount Everest without oxygen with Zoltán Demjan and Sherpa Ang Rita. Together with Zoltan Demjan he was the first Slovak climber who reached the summit of Mount Everest.[1] During the return they separated and Psotka stayed on the summit and died there.
Notes
- ^ "Jozef Psotka spí svoj večný sen na "Streche sveta"". Journal IMIDŽ. Retrieved 2009-05-15. Template:Sk icon
External links
- Everest Summits in the 1980-1985
- List of Slovak ascensionists of the eight-thousanders
- Ing. Jozef Psotka Template:Sk icon
- Sportsmen from Košice - Jozef Psotka Template:Sk icon
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