Yuri Uteshev
Yuri Uteshev | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Mountaineer |
Yuri Uteshev (January 12, 1955 — August 13, 2006) was a Russian mountain climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri in 1995, Makalu in 1996, Lhotse in 1997 and Mount Everest in 2001.[1]
He died in an avalanche on the Karakoram mountain K2, where he led a team of four from Kuzbass.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "January 2004 news" Archived January 9, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, from the "Mountaineering World of Russia and CIS
- ^ "K2 Tragedy: Siberian climbers are missing in avalanche."[permanent dead link]