Ed Viesturs

Ed Viesturs

male, 50 years old
mountaineer, Kanchenjunga, Broad Peak, Summiter of Mount Everest, Eight-thousander, From Rockford, Illinois…1996EverestDisaster, everest, mount everest
Ed Viesturs (born June 22, 1959) is one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers. He is the first American, and 12th person overall, to...
David Breashears

David Breashears

male, 53 years old
mountaineer, 1996EverestDisaster, Summiter of Mount Everest, IMAX, Mountain climber, Seven Years in Tibet…everest, mount everest
David Breashears (born December 20, 1955), is an American mountaineer and filmmaker. He is well-known for being the first American man to reach the...
Scott Fischer

Scott Fischer

male, deceased (1996)
Summiter of Mount Everest, guide, Mountaineering death, Mountain Madness, Dhaulagiri, snow blindness…mount everest, 1996EverestDisaster
Scott Fischer was an American climber and guide. Fischer spent his early life in Michigan and New Jersey and took two years of climbing courses...