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Tom Hornbein
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Thomas Frederic Hornbein was an American mountaineer and anesthesiologist who made the first ascent of Mount Everest via the west ridge; the Hornbein Couloir on Everest was named…
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Thomas Frederic Hornbein was an American mountaineer and anesthesiologist who made the first ascent of Mount Everest via the west ridge; the Hornbein Couloir on Everest was named in his honor. On top of his mountaineering achievements, Hornbein was a professor of anesthesiology and physiology at the University of Washington.
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2017
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
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2013
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
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2013
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
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1997
Tempting Fate
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1993
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
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1965
Americans on Everest
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