Peter Šperka is born

Peter Šperka was born on 29 October 1955 in Martin, Slovakia. A mountain guide and, for over a decade, a professional rescuer with the Slovak Mountain Rescue Service (Horská záchranná služba), he was also an athlete and coach for the national ski mountaineering team between 1986 and 2002. He climbed several eight-thousanders during his career. He died during the night of 22–23 June 2013 at the base camp of Nanga Parbat (8,125 m) in Pakistan, along with other foreign mountaineers and a guide, killed by a group of armed men disguised as Pakistani security forces.

• Nanga Parbat