Historical Bio's

A View From The Summit

For 80 years, Everest has been beckoning climbers, and many have found the call hard to resist. Here are some of the brave men and women of Europe, Asia, Africa and North America who have given it their all and made it to the top of the world.

	Stacy Allison *First American woman to summit Everest*		Scott Fischer *World class mountaineer and environmentalist*
	Rob Hall *World class high altitude climber and commercial guide*		Edmund Hillary *The head of the first expedition to summit Everest*
	George Mallory *The first expedition leader on Everest*		Reinhold Messner *The first to summit Everest without supplemental oxygen*
	Tenzing Norgay *The heart of the first expedition to summit Everest*		Cathy O'Dowd *The first woman to summit Everest from the North and South*
	Graham Ratcliffe *The first Brit to summit Everest from the North and South*		Junko Tabei *The first woman to summit Everest*
	Beck Weathers *Everest survivor extraordinaire*		Tom Whittaker *The first disabled person to summit Everest*

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