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Tom Hornbein

Born 6 September 1930 · St. Louis, Missouri, United States · Died 6 May 2023 at 92

Thomas Frederic Hornbein was an American mountaineer and anesthesiologist who made the first ascent of Mount Everest via the west ridge; the Hornbein Couloir on Everest was named in his honor. On top of his mountaineering achievements, Hornbein was a professor of anesthesiology and physiology at the University of Washington.