Miroslav Caban
Miroslav Caban (* April 4, 1964, Brezno, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak mountaineer and photographer currently living in the Czech Republic. He climbed the seven peaks of the seven continents. In 2002, he climbed the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest without oxygen, 6 days after arriving at base camp.[1] He spent his youth in Liptov, in Banska Bystrica. After completing his military service, he moved to Moravia, where he and his family live today. He is married and has two children.
In 2001 he undertook an expedition to the most difficult mountain in the world K2, which he climbed to a height of 8000 meters. The biggest success was the ascent without oxygen on Mount Everest in 2002. In 2004, he climbed Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Denali and Vinson Massif; in 2005, Puncak Jaya, Mount Kosciuszko and Aconcagua. He was the first Czechoslovak and second in the world to climb without oxygen the seven highest peaks in the project Seven Summits. His hobbies include photography, especially panoramas of countries visited and top prospects. He wrote a book, Oyu & Everest,[2] that recounts the story of a successful climb of Cho-Oyu combined with Mount Everest.
References
- ↑ "Climbing Mount Everest in Prague | Radio Prague International". 7 June 2003.
- ↑ "Top of the World Books - Search". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-02-26. Unknown parameter
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