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Tribute to Vitorian Alpinist Alberto Zerain through a mountain march
  • The march organized by the mountain association Manuel Iradier of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Subilla, will start on Saturday in tribute to the late mountaineer in the Himalayas in 2017.
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Pakistango Nanga Parbat mendia igotzen ari zela hil zen Zerain. (arg.: Alea)

It has been 15 months since the Gasteiztarra mountaineer Alberto Zerain (1961-2017) lost his life in the Nanga Parbat of Pakistan, but his memory remains rooted among the Basque mountaineers. An example of this is the mountain march organized this Saturday by the mountain association Manuel Iradier. At eight in the morning Subilla will depart from Vitoria-Gasteiz with a tour of about 20 kilometers and end at the same point of the Alavesa capital. He lived in Zerain.

The mountaineers will travel, among others, the La Tejera, La Gana de Bustu or Zaldiaran Mountains. The mountain march will last for five hours. In addition, a small tribute will be paid to the families of Zerain at 12 a.m.

Zerain left a long trail in elite alpinism. He entered the high-mountain world through the climbing schools of Egino and Atxarte and performed ten ochomiles in the Himalayas. The solo ascent to K2 in 2008 gave him fame, as on the same day, nine mountaineers from another expedition died and four disappeared due to a traffic accident.

In 2017, while climbing with the Argentine mountaineer Marino Galván on the Nanga Parbat, the trail of the mountaineers was lost.

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