But most readers will guffaw at the commentary from Messners waifish young companion, Sabine Stehle ("to basecamp on three eight thousander expeditions").
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List of deaths on eight-thousanders — The eight thousanders are the fourteen mountains that rise more than convert|8000|m|ft|0|lk=on above sea level; they are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges.This is a list of some of the notable mountain climbers who have perished… … Wikipedia
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