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Mt. Everest Firsts
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1 First to summit Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) & Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) 1953
2 First woman Junko Tabei (Japan) 1975
3 First without oxygen Peter Habeler (Austria) & Reinhold Messner (Italy) 1978
4 Largest expedition 160 climbers & 2,000 porters (Italy) 1973
5 First winter ascent K. Wielicki & L. Cichy (Poland) 1980
6 Deadliest year 15 deaths 1996
7 Most summits - 10 Ang Rita Sherpa (Nepal) 1996
8 First blind person to summit Erik Weihenmayer (USA) 2001
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