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Also Known As Robert Edwin Hall
Born January 14, 1961 • Christchurch • New Zealand
Died May 11, 1996 (aged 35) • Mount Everest • Nepal

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Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand explorer
Reinhold Messner.
Reinhold Messner
Italian explorer
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Austrian mountain climber
Oh Eun-Sun
South Korean mountain climber
Mount Everest: 1921 expedition
George Mallory
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Apa Sherpa
Apa Sherpa
Nepali mountaineer
Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay
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Nolan Bushnell
American electrical engineer
Steve Ross
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Marc Tarpenning
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Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
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August Thyssen
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Edward Plunket Taylor
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Mantis James Van Sweringen
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Heinrich Harrer
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Oris Paxton Van Sweringen
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American baseball commissioner
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