Alberto Zerain

Alberto Zerain Berasategi
Born(1961-08-20)20 August 1961
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, Spain
DiedJune 24, 2017(2017-06-24) (aged 55)
Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
NationalitySpain Spanish
OccupationMountaineering

Alberto Zerain Berasategi (20 August 1961 – 24 June 2017[1]) was a Spanish mountaineer. He is best known as a solo alpinist and the first person to summit K2 during the 2008 K2 Disaster[2] on 1 August. Zerain summited the mountain solo from Camp III and successfully descended before the series of events that led to the deaths of 11 climbers on 2 August 2008. In his lifetime, he climbed at least 7 eight-thousanders.

Alberto Zerain died on 24 June 2017 on Nanga Parbat with his climbing partner, Mariano Galván [es], while on an expedition.

  1. ^ "Official biography (in Spanish)" (PDF). Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ Leger, C. J. (2018-02-12). "The 2008 K2 Disaster". Base Camp Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-16.