Comments:Swiss mountaineer Erhard Loretan dies in climbing accident

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Shaking babies?

Yikes! I'm surprised he got a four-month sentence! 128.135.100.102 (talk) 07:02, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Manslaughter's a lucky conviction for him, too. A lot of places would go for broke with a murder trial. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 15:47, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Especially since "to stop him from crying" is the typical excuse in those cases. Mattisse (talk) 20:26, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

52nd birthday??

if he was 11 years old when he started climbing in 1982 then he could not have been 52 when he died. 156.8.251.250 (talk) 15:49, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Indeed. But the article doesn't say that — it says that he started climbing when he was eleven. It then goes on to say that he climbed a certain peak in 1982. — μchip08 15:51, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I correct myself. Did not see the period/full stop. A result of old age! 156.8.251.250 (talk) 15:52, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

"In 1982, he climbed his first 8,000-meter peak ...". He did not start climbing in 1982. He started climbing at the age of eleven. Mattisse (talk) 15:53, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

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He died very young in enjoying what he love to do many will miss him 92.18.120.29 (talk) 20:37, 1 May 2011 (UTC)