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On May 19–20, 2011, he reached the summit of Mount Everest on his fourth successful attempt as expedition leader and guide for Alpine Ascents International, and reached the summit of Lhotse (4th highest mountain in the world) 21 hours later as guide to climber Tom Halliday.
W. A. B. Coolidge (1850–1926) US, over 1,700 expeditions in the Alps with numerous first ascents, Alpine historian; Janne Corax (born 1967) Sweden, cycled across the Tibetan plateau and claimed several first ascents of Tibetan mountains; Henri Cordier (1856–1877) France, first ascents Aiguille du Plat de la Selle, Les Droites (east summit ...
In 1989, he began guiding for Alpine Ascents International. [ 20 ] In 1992, Tejas was part of the team that measured the exact height of Mount Everest , and was the team member that planted the prism pole at the top of the mountain so that lasers could be used to measure the exact altitude. [ 21 ]
Roskelley became the first American to climb the world's fifth highest mountain. He was the only one in a team of four from Spokane to reach the summit. The American Alpine Journal called the ascent "one of the ten outstanding alpinist achievements of the 20th century". [8] 1982 Cholatse, Nepal. Cholatse is a landmark peak in the Solu Khumbu ...
The following is a list of notable first ascents of the summits of major mountains around the ... Store Skagastølstind: 2405: Scandinavian Mts: William Cecil ...
Colin Haley (born 2 September 1984) is an American alpinist known for fast ascents of technical routes on mountains around the world. Haley is perhaps best known for his traverse of The Torres (Cerro Torre, Torre Egger, Punta Herron, and Aguja Standhardt), first with Rolando Garibotti in 2008, [1] [2] and subsequently with Alex Honnold - this time completing the traverse in under 24 hours.
Ueli Steck making a rapid 'alpine style' one-day ascent of North Couloir Direct (VI, Al 6+, M8) a major alpine climbing route on Les Drus [6]. The derived term "alpine style" alludes to the fashion of alpine climbing to be in small fast-moving teams – or even solo – who carry all of their own equipment (e.g. no porters), and do all of the climbing (e.g. no sherpas or reserve teams laying ...
Marc-André Leclerc (October 10, 1992 – March 5, 2018) was a Canadian rock climber, ice and mixed climber, and alpinist.He is known for his solo ascents–often in winter–of major ice and alpine climbing routes.