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    Nepal IDs avalanche victims killed on Mt. Manaslu

    By The Associated Press | Associated Press – Mon, Sep 24, 2012

    Nepal's Tourism Ministry on Monday identified eight of the nine climbers killed in an avalanche that hit them before dawn a day earlier while they slept in their tents high on Mount Manaslu, the world's eighth tallest peak. Four of those identified were French, and the others were from Germany, Italy, Nepal and Spain. Searchers were still trying Monday to find six others who were missing. The climbers who died came from all walks of life. Here are snapshots of who they were.

    MARTI GASULL, 43, Spain

    Founded and led the Barcelona-based Plataforma per la Llengua (Platform for the Language in Catalan) group that promotes and defends the Catalan language and culture of his native region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain, where many citizens want greater autonomy from Spain or outright independence. His group described Gasull as an independence supporter and an experienced mountaineer. He was born in Barcelona, Spain's second largest city, and is survived by his parents and a younger brother.

    FABRICE PRIEZ, France

    Mountain guide based in Chamonix in the French Alps, supervised activities in Chamonix for the UCPA national sport vacation organization.

    CATHERINE MARIE ANDREE RICARD, France

    Lived in Chamonix in the French Alps, described by French media as a climber.

    LUDOVIC PAUL NICHOLAS CHALLEAT, France

    Mountain guide originally from Lyon who most recently lived in Chamonix in the French Alps. He recently posted videos online from climbing and skiing expeditions from Greenland to the Himalayas.

    PHILIPPE LUCIEN BOS, France

    CHRISTIAN MITTERMEYER, Germany

    ALBERTO MAGLIANO, Italy

    DAWA DORJI, Nepal

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