Sebastian Haag (23 May 1978 – 24 September 2014) was a German extreme ski mountaineer and

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. Together with Benedikt Böhm he holds the records in speed ski mountaineering at the Muztagata and the

Gasherbrum II Gasherbrum II ( ur, ; ); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakista ...

. Haag was born in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, where he worked as a

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, and was a member of the ''Dynafit

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team''. Haag died on 24 September 2014 together with the Italian mountaineer Andrea Zambaldi at the

Shishapangma Shishapangma, also called Gosainthān, is the 14th-highest mountain in the world, at above sea level. In 1964, it became the last of the 8,000-metre peaks to be climbed. This was due to its location entirely within Tibet and the restrictions ...

in an avalanche accident. He was 36.

Selected results

* speed record in high altitude mountaineering with downhill skiing at the Muztagata together with Benedikt Böhm under the leadership of Matthias Robl, 23 August 2005 * speed record in high altitude mountaineering with downhill skiing at the Gasherbrum II together with Benedikt Böhm under the leadership of Luis Stitzinger, 3 August 2006

References

External links

* Stefan Winter
''Germans summit G2 and then ski down: great pictures!''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haag, Sebastian German mountain climbers German male ski mountaineers Sportspeople from Munich German veterinarians 1978 births 2014 deaths