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The 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition was the first to successfully climb Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces. In the post- monsoon season Chris Bonington led the expedition that used rock climbing techniques to put fixed ropes up the face from the Western Cwm to just below the South Summit .
August 1975 "Young" 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition: Nepal Drowned Below Base Camp [47] Mick Burke: September 26, 1975: 34 Bonington's 1975 Everest expedition United Kingdom Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) Near Summit [48] [49] Terry Thompson: April 10, 1976: British-Nepal Army Everest Expedition United ...
1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition - On September 24, a British expedition led by Chris Bonington achieved the first ascent of the Southwest Face. Summiteers Doug Scott and Dougal Haston made the first ascent by British citizens. [48]
The 1975 expedition, led by Bonington, not only achieved the ascent of the previously unclimbed Southwest Face of Everest, which had defeated several previous expeditions, [16] it also resulted in the first ascent of the mountain by British nationals (Doug Scott, Pete Boardman & Dougal Haston, along with the Nepali, Pertemba Sherpa).
In 1972 he was unsuccessful on the south-west face of Mount Everest, but reached 27,300 feet. He had another shot at that route in 1975, and the 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition that he led was successful--it put four climbers on the summit, but Mick Burke died during his summit attempt. [3]
A National Geographic documentary team has found on Mount Everest what they believe is the partial remains of a British climber who vanished 100 years ago during a quest to become among the first ...
Junko Tabei and Sherpa Ang Tshering I on May 16, 1975 [16] [17] Phanthog on May 27, 1975 [15] Doug Scott and Dougal Haston on September 24, 1975 (1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition) Peter Boardman and Sirdar Pertemba Sherpa on September 26, 1975 [18] Brummie Stokes and Bronco Lane [19] on May 16, 1976 [20] (1976 British Army ...
1973 Japanese RCCII Everest Expedition; 1975 Japanese Women's Everest Expedition [13] Junko Tabei: (Japan) became the first woman to reach the summit of Everest on 5/16/75 via the South-East Ridge route. [14] 1975 Chinese Mount Everest expedition – North Col – North East Ridge; 1975 British SW Face; 1976 British and Nepalese Army expedition ...