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Tom Hornbein

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Thomas "Tom" Hornbein (born November 6, 1930) is an American mountaineer. [1]

25 relations: Anesthesiologist, Barry Bishop (mountaineer), Boulder, Colorado, Estes Park, Colorado, Flatirons, Geology, Hornbein Couloir, Into Thin Air, Jim Whittaker, Jon Krakauer, Lhotse, Lute Jerstad, Medicine, Missouri, Mount Everest, Mountaineering, Nawang Gombu, Outside (magazine), Physiology, Seattle, Southern Rocky Mountains, St. Louis, The Mountaineers (club), University of Washington School of Medicine, Willi Unsoeld.

Anesthesiologist

An anesthesiologist is a physician trained in anesthesia and perioperative medicine.

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Barry Bishop (mountaineer)

Barry Chapman Bishop (January 13, 1932 – September 24, 1994) was an American mountaineer, scientist, photographer and scholar.

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Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Boulder County, and the 11th most populous municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Estes Park, Colorado

The Town of Estes Park is a statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.

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Flatirons

The Flatirons are rock formations in the western United States, near Boulder, Colorado, consisting of flatirons.

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Geology

Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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Hornbein Couloir

The Hornbein Couloir is a notable narrow and steep couloir high to the west on the north face of Mount Everest in Tibet, that extends from about elevation, below the summit.

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Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt.

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Jim Whittaker

James W. Whittaker (born February 10, 1929), also known as Jim Whittaker, is an American mountaineer from Seattle, As a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth in 1963, he was the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain climbing.

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Lhotse

Lhotse (ल्होत्से;, lho rtse) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga.

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Lute Jerstad

Luther G. (Lute) Jerstad (1936–1998) was an American mountaineer and mountain guide who was a member of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Mount Everest

Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.

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Nawang Gombu

Nawang Gombu (नवांग गोम्बु; May 1, 1936 – April 24, 2011) was an Indian and Nepali mountaineer of Nepalese Sherpa origin.

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Outside (magazine)

Outside is an American magazine focused on the outdoors.

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Physiology

Physiology is the scientific study of normal mechanisms, and their interactions, which work within a living system.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Southern Rocky Mountains

The Southern Rocky Mountains are a major subregion of the Rocky Mountains of North America located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, the central and western portions of Colorado, the northern portion of New Mexico, and extreme eastern portions of Utah.

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St. Louis

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The Mountaineers (club)

The Mountaineers is an outdoor recreation, education, and conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1906.

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University of Washington School of Medicine

The University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) is a public medical school in the northwest United States, located in Seattle and affiliated with the University of Washington.

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Willi Unsoeld

Willi Unsoeld (October 5, 1926 – March 4, 1979) was an American mountaineer who, along with Tom Hornbein, were members of the first American expedition to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 1963.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hornbein

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