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Szilárd Suhajda
Szilárd Suhajda (June 29, 1982 – disappeared May 25–26, 2023) was a Hungarian mountaineer known for his ascents of eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen. During his climbing career, he successfully summited Broad Peak, K2 (solo), and Lhotse, and was lost during a solo climb on Mount Everest. Climbing Szilárd first began climbing with his grandfather. As a child, he went to hiking camp with his school spending weeks each summer sleeping in tents and exploring the mountains. Later he and fell in love with mountaineering after reading stories about István Benedek, Reinhold Messner and Emil Zsigmondy. After his studies, he moved to Esztergom where he joined a climbing group, visiting the Carpathian Mountains, Transylvania and the Alps. After climbing Mont Blanc in 2007, he dedicated himself to the mountains. In the winter of 2008, he and a friend Csabi Kosztán were trapped in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps. The experience had a significant impact on him, late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Békéscsaba
Békéscsaba (; ; see also #Name, other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, the capital of Békés County. Geography Békéscsaba is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. Highway 44, 47, Békéscsaba beltway (around the city) and Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsaba-Lőkösháza high speed () railway line also cross the city. Highway 44 is a four-lane Limited-access road, expressway between Békéscsaba and Gyula, Hungary, Gyula. According to the 2011 census, the city has a total area of . Name ''Csaba'' is a popular Hungarian given name for boys of Turkic languages, Turkic origin, while the prefix ''Békés county, Békés'' refers to the county named Békés, which means peaceful in Hungarian language, Hungarian. Other names derived from the Hungarian one include , , and . History The area has been inhabited since the ancient times. In the Iron Age the area had been conquered by the Scythians, by the Celts, then by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |