Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish mountaineer
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Place of Birth: Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
About Iñaki Ochoa de Olza
- Iñaki Ochoa de Olza (May 29, 1967 in Pamplona, Navarre – May 23, 2008 in Annapurna, Nepal) was a Spanish mountaineer, alpinist and climber.
- Ochoa de Olza took part in more than thirty separate climbing expeditions in the Himalayas over the course of his career, and he was involved in more than 200 expeditions as a guide.
- His records included climbing 12 of the world's 14 tallest mountains (repeating one of them, Cho Oyu) without the aid of oxygen.
- Ochoa went on record as saying that he did not believe in using oxygen to climb mountains, claiming "if you use oxygen, you are not an alpinist, you are more of an astronaut or a scuba diver.".
- He died of pulmonary edema in May 2008 while attempting to climb Annapurna (which would have been his 13th eight thousander).
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