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Martin Walter Schmidt (June 10, 1960 – July 27, 2013), known as Marty, was a New Zealand-American mountain climber, guide and adventurer.〔 Marty died in 2013, while attempting to summit the mountain, K2. ==Biography== Martin Walter Schmidt was born in Lodi, California on June 10, 1960, of German/American parents. He attended Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California. He began climbing as a young boy, mostly in the Sierra Nevada range where he moved after finishing high school in 1978. At the age of 20, Marty joined the United States Air Force and served in the United States Air Force Pararescue unit known as the "PJs". As a USAF airman he served at a number of posts including the Philippines, where he earned the USAF Air Medal in 1984, for his rescues in a hotel fire and in Alaska, where he first climbed Denali in 1983. Marty Schmidt moved to Australia with his wife, Joanne Munisteri, after his first ascent of Aconcagua in Argentina in February 1988. Their first child, a son they named Denali, was born in Macksville, NSW in April 1988. In November, 1988, the family traveled and climbed in the USA, Switzerland, Italy, France and New Zealand. They moved to Havelock North, New Zealand in 1989, where Marty started his first company, MSIG (Marty Schmidt International Guiding). Their daughter, Sequoia, was born in Napier, New Zealand in January 1991. Marty's first expedition in the Himalayas and his first attempt at K2 was in 1992. In 1993, the family moved to Christchurch, New Zealand. Christchurch served as the base for MSIG since Marty made year-round climbing trips as a solo climber and mountain guide around New Zealand. Marty guided yearly trips to Argentina, Alaska, and Europe, as well as to the Himalayas. In 1994, the Schmidt family was granted New Zealand citizenship (based on his wife Joanne's work with the National Maori Dance Company, Kahurangi). At the end of 1994, the entire family relocated back to NSW, Australia for the next 4 years where MSIG was then based. In 1998, Marty and his family moved to Texas and then to Colorado, USA. After their divorce became finalized, in 2001, Joanne returned to New Zealand with Denali and Sequoia. Marty followed in December 2001, and kept New Zealand as his home base throughout the rest of his life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marty Schmidt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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