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Bolivian mountain climber (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugo Ayaviri (born December 21, 1978, in La Paz) is a Bolivian mountaineer. In 2021, he became the first Bolivian to summit Broad Peak and K2 without oxygen in ten days.[1] He also climbed Ñanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I without oxygen in 2023.[2]
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Ayaviri began instructing high-mountain rescue in 2008. The following year, he graduated as a high-mountain guide under the auspices of the Unión Internacional de Asociaciones de Guías de Montaña . In 2015, he was the general secretary of the Association of Mountain and Trekking Guides of Bolivia and the technical director of Socorro Andino Boliviano.
Ayaviri has specialized in rock and mountain ascents, climbing many of Bolivia's Cordillera Real and Cordillera Occidental ranges:[citation needed]
In 2021, together with Belgian climber Niels Jespers ,[3][4] he summited Broad Peak on July 18, followed by K2 on July 28, without oxygen in ten days; at the time, only eight persons had accomplished this feat without oxygen.[1][5][6]
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