Igor Svergun
Igor Svergun (; February 10, 1966, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Soviet Union, USSR – June 23, 2013, Nanga Parbat, Pakistan) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Ukraine, Ukrainian Mountaineering, climber, who climbed many of the highest mountains in the world. Svergun was murdered on 23 June 2013, when leading an international expedition to Nanga Parbat, Pakistan. Terrorists attacked the base camp, at an altitude of approximately 4200m, and shot ten mountaineers including Svergun. Climbing Svergun's passion for mountaineering began during his school years under mentor, Georgiy Kardash, a physical education teacher. He began by climbing Semenov-Bashi (3602 m) in the Greater Caucasus Range. In 1990, he became a member of the Kharkiv Mountaineering Club and began training under the guidance of :ru:Бершов, Сергей Игоревич, Sergey Bershov. Together they made many ascents, including the eight-thousanders Lhotse in 1990, Mount Everest, Everest and Kangchenjunga. From Bershov's ...
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