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entered this gully to avoid what, for a solo climber, was a dangerous ridge - especially its crux, the "Second Step" - and ascended to the summit, alone and without using supplemental oxygen. The most successful climb to that point by F. Edward Norton in 1924, was
Messner's inspiration for this
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they went directly onto the north face and established their third high-altitude camp at the entrance of the couloir at 7,500 metres. From another camp at 8,150 m
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crossed the north face between the light blue and the green lines; (b) marks the highest point on west face of the couloir, up to which Norton ascended in 1924;
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succeeded in the first snowboard descent of
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which lies east of the pyramidal peak and extends to within 150 m below the summit.
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The steep couloir (gully) was named after the lead member of the
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North face of Mt. Everest showing routes and important points:
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181:"Everest Snowboarder Vanishes on Second Try"
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672:The Epic of Everest
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404:Three Steps
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323:Geneva Spur
143:snowboarder
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942:Categories
716:EverestMax
618:Committees
609:Joe Tasker
566:fatalities
500:1952 Swiss
374:North Face
309:Topography
156:References
124:Australian
859:Khumbutse
664:The Climb
656:The Climb
389:South Col
369:North Col
359:Lhakpa La
318:Base Camp
195:22 August
869:Lingtren
640:In media
564:Notable
925:Sherpas
889:Records
695:Everest
687:Everest
679:Everest
879:Pumori
874:Nuptse
864:Lhotse
658:(book)
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