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
Helmuth Pirath
Arild Kristo
Héctor Rondón Lovera
Matt Herron
Jaap J. Herschel
Douglas Martin
Nikola Bibic
Simon E. Smit
Zygmunt Wdowinski
Ernest E. Miller
Robert Edwards
Leos Nebor
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