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    2023-05-06

    1930-09-0696 years, 2 months, and 7 days old

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    Place of birth:

    St. Louis, Missouri, United States

    Adult:

    No

    Gender:

    Male

    Biography

    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.

    Images Gallery

    Best Credits: 6

    Title
    High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
    Self
    10
    2013-09-19
    0.5593
    Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
    self
    0
    2013-02-22
    0.2855
    Americans on Everest
    Self
    0
    1965-09-10
    0.3346
    Tempting Fate
    Self
    0
    1997-01-02
    0.4783
    Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
    Self
    7.8
    2017-05-26
    0.5753
    The First Traverse of Everest
    Self (archive footage)
    0
    2026-10-26
    0.0517
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