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Everest: The Ultimate book of the Ultimate Mountain. Grafton Books. ISBN 0-586-20626-4. Willis, Clint (2006). The boys of Everest : Chris Bonington and the tragedy of climbing's greatest generation. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0-78671-579-4.
San Miguel Mountain seen from Mountain View. Mountain View is an urban community in the southeastern section of San Diego, California.It is bordered by Mount Hope and Greenwood Memorial Park on the north, Interstate 15 and the neighborhoods of Stockton and Logan Heights on the west, Interstate 805 and Lincoln Park on the east, and Southcrest and National City on the south.
Chaparral, riparian, and grassland habitats. The Laguna Mountains are a mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges in eastern San Diego County, California. The mountains run in a northwest/southeast alignment for approximately 35 miles (56 km). The mountains have long been inhabited by the indigenous Kumeyaay people.
The initial Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS or POSS-I), sponsored by the National Geographic Institute, was completed in 1958. The first plates were exposed in November 1948 and the last in April 1958. This survey was performed using 14-inch 2 (6- degree 2) blue-sensitive (Kodak 103a-O) and red-sensitive (Kodak 103a-E) photographic plates ...
James W. Whittaker (born February 10, 1929), also known as Jim Whittaker, is an American climber and mountain guide. [1] [2] Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, on May 1, 1963, he became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest as a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, alongside the Sherpa Nawang Gombu, a nephew of Tenzing Norgay.
Barry Chapman Bishop (January 13, 1932 – September 24, 1994 [1]) was an American mountaineer, scientist, photographer and scholar.With teammates Jim Whittaker, Lute Jerstad, Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein, he was a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, the first American team to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 1963.
Tom Hornbein. Thomas Frederic Hornbein (November 6, 1930 – May 6, 2023) 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. [1] On top of his mountaineering achievements, Hornbein was a professor of anesthesiology and physiology ...
The official logo of the Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb. The Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb was an expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest during Earth Week 1990 led by Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Mount Everest (in 1963), envisioned by Warren Thompson, and marked the first time in history that mountaineers from the United States, Soviet Union and China ...