11 August, 1957
Italian mountaineer Claudio Corti is rescued from the top of the Eiger (3970m).
Albert Winkler
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1957 Photo Contest
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Vilém Kropp
Bela Zola
Ernö Vadas
Helmuth Pirath
Leos Nebor
Ernest E. Miller
Zygmunt Wdowinski
Fred Fischer
Jaap J. Herschel
Douglas Martin
Nikola Bibic
Simon E. Smit
Robert Edwards
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