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Reinhold Messner

This person was a driven man who persevered in the face of exhaustion and fear.

Nena Holguin

This person was the only one to go with the author to the upper base camp.

George Mallory

This person died in an attempt to scale Mount Everest in 1924.

Andrew Irvine

This person was the artificial oxygen expert during the 1924 ill-fated attempt to scale Mount Everest.

N.E. Odell

This person participated in the British attempts on Everest in the 1920s.

General C.G. Bruce

This person led all three of the British attempts to climb Mount Everest in the 1920s.

Captain Finch

This person experimented with artificial oxygen in England before the second British attempt to scale Mount Everest in 1922.

Captain Geoffrey Bruce

This person was related to the British expeditions' leader.

Dr. Somervell

In 1924, this person reached 8,540 meters without artificial oxygen.

Major E.F. Norton

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