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   May 21

   2004 - Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu's record from the previous year. ... 1775 - Lucien Bonaparte, French politician, soldier and academic (d. 1840)
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   May 26

   2003 - Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes.
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   British Mount Everest Expedition 1924

   These climbs indicate that Mallory, a strong climber, may also have been able to reach the top of the Second Step. ... Mount Everest
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   Edmund Hillary

   Over 10,000 members of the public attended these "Summit" climbs. ... Timeline of climbing Mount Everest
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   Aldridge Pryor

   First soldier to climb Mount Everest as the expedition leader in a British Army climbing team.
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   Bear Grylls

   Bear Grylls (born 7 June 1974), real name Edward Michael Bear Grylls, is a British adventurer, ex Special Forces soldier and writer currently best known for his popular television series Born Survivor (Man vs. Wild in the U.S.). ... British summiters of Mount Everest
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   Maurice Wilson

   Maurice Wilson MC (1898 – 1934) was a British soldier, mystic, mountaineer and aviator who is known for his ill-fated attempt to climb Mount Everest alone in 1934.
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   Wilfrid Noyce

   He was well known for his speed and stamina, and in two early alpine seasons, 1937 and 1938, climbing with Armand Charlet or Hans Brantschen as his guide, he made major climbs in very fast times. ... Mount Everest.
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   World altitude record (mountaineering)

   The Duke of the Abruzzi and guides climbing an icefall on Chogolisa. ... The upper slopes of Mount Everest.
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    João Garcia

    ... (4810m) Aiguille du Midi, France(3800m) 1986-1992 Many climbs in the Alps and Pyrinees; 1993 Matterhorn, Switzerland-Italy... Toubkal, Morocco (4167m) Dhaulagiri, Nepal (8167m) 1995 Mount McKinley, Alaska (6194m) (attempt) Mont Blanc, France-Italy... Pakistan (8125m) (attempt) Aconcagua, Argentina (6959m) 1997 Mount Everest, Nepal-Tibet (8844m) (attempt) Mont Blanc, France-Italy... Dablam, Nepal (6812m) Aconcagua, Argentina (6959m) | 1998 Mount Everest, Nepal-Tibet (8848m) (attempt) Gokio Peak, Nepal (5483m)...

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• May 21,
• May 26,
• British Mount Everest Expedition 1924,
• Edmund Hillary,
• Aldridge Pryor,
• Bear Grylls,
• Maurice Wilson,
• Wilfrid Noyce,
• World altitude record (mountaineering),
• João Garcia