Tom Hornbein | |
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| Born | November 6, 1930 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | May 6, 2023 (aged 92) Estes Park, Colorado, U.S. |
| Known for | Pioneering West Ridge ascent of Mount Everest |
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Kathryn Mikesell (m. 1971) |
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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 at the University of Washington.[2]