Sebastian Haag (23 May 1978 – 24 September 2014) was a German extreme ski mountaineer and

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. Together with

Benedikt Böhm Benedikt "Bene" Böhm (born 15 August 1977 in Munich) is a German Ski mountaineering, extreme ski mountaineer and Extreme skiing, extreme skier. Together with Sebastian Haag he keeps the records in speed ski mountaineering at the Muztagata and th ...

he holds the records in speed ski mountaineering at the Muztagata and the

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. Haag was born in

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, where he worked as a

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, and was a member of the ''Dynafit

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team''. Haag died on 24 September 2014 together with the Italian mountaineer Andrea Zambaldi at the

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in an avalanche accident. He was 36.

Selected results

* speed record in high altitude mountaineering with downhill skiing at the Muztagata together with Benedikt Böhm under the leadership of Matthias Robl, 23 August 2005 * speed record in high altitude mountaineering with downhill skiing at the Gasherbrum II together with Benedikt Böhm under the leadership of Luis Stitzinger, 3 August 2006

References

External links

* Stefan Winter
''Germans summit G2 and then ski down: great pictures!''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haag, Sebastian German mountain climbers German male ski mountaineers Sportspeople from Munich German veterinarians 1978 births 2014 deaths