Alberto Zerain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alberto Zerain

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1961

Place of Birth: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 24-Jun-2017

Profession: mountaineer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Alberto Zerain Berasategi (20 August 1961 – 24 June 2017) was a Spanish mountaineer.
He is best known as a solo alpinist and the first person to summit K2 during the 2008 K2 Disaster 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, while on an expedition.