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entered this gully to avoid what, for a solo climber, was a dangerous ridge - especially its crux, the "Second Step" - and ascended to the summit, alone and without using supplemental oxygen. The most successful climb to that point by F. Edward Norton in 1924, was
Messner's inspiration for this
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succeeded in the first snowboard descent of
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The steep couloir (gully) was named after the lead member of the
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North face of Mt. Everest showing routes and important points:
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170:"Everest Snowboarder Vanishes on Second Try"
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886:Times to the summit
661:The Epic of Everest
174:National Geographic
121:Tim Macartney-Snape
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407:Western Cwm
393:Three Steps
329:(East Face)
312:Geneva Spur
132:snowboarder
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607:Committees
598:Joe Tasker
555:fatalities
489:1952 Swiss
363:North Face
298:Topography
145:References
113:Australian
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653:The Climb
645:The Climb
378:South Col
358:North Col
348:Lhakpa La
307:Base Camp
184:22 August
858:Lingtren
629:In media
553:Notable
914:Sherpas
878:Records
684:Everest
676:Everest
668:Everest
868:Pumori
863:Nuptse
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