James Marián Šajnoha, a prominent mountaineer and former chairman of the Slovak Mountaineering Association (SHS), died at the age of 86. The association informed about it on the social network. Šajnoha was a member of the first Slovak expedition to Mount Everest in 1984.
- At the age of eighty-six, the prominent climber Marián Šajnoha died.
- Marián Šajnoha was a member of the first Slovak expedition to Mount Everest.
- Since 1960, he has been climbing in the High Tatras, the Alps and the Caucasus.
- In 1978, he led a successful expedition to the northern peak of Nanga Parbat.
- In 1990, James restored SHS and became its chairman.
Šajnoha was born in 1939, he has been engaged in mountaineering since 1960. “He climbed more than 300 ascents in the High Tatras, climbed in the Caucasus, in the Alps, and also took part in mountaineering expeditions to high mountains – the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas. In 1978, he was the leader of the expedition to the northern peak of Nanga Parbat, which caused a stir in the entire mountaineering world.” written by SHS James.
In 1990, Šajnoha participated in the restoration of SHS James and was elected its chairman. Until 2012, he worked at the Encián Mountaineering School. He published articles in professional and popular magazines, wrote several teaching texts. He is the co-author of the book 100 years of James, which was published on the occasion of the anniversary of the Slovak Mountaineering Association.
