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    Norman Gunther Dyhrenfurth (May 7, 1918 – September 24, 2017) was a German-Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker. He was the leader of the successful...
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  • German-Swiss mountaineer, husband of Hettie Hettie Dyhrenfurth (1892–1972), German-Swiss mountaineer Norman Dyhrenfurth (1918–2017), German-Swiss-American mountaineer...
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    took a month and 900 porters. At the end of April, expedition leader Norman Dyhrenfurth informed Whittaker that he and Nawang Gombu Sherpa will make the first...
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  • Hettie Dyhrenfurth (1892–1972) was a German-Swiss mountaineer. She took part in two major expeditions to the Himalayas in 1930 and 1934. Hettie and her...
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    Everest as a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, alongside the Sherpa Nawang Gombu, a nephew of Tenzing Norgay. They...
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    was made by the 1955 International Himalayan Expedition, headed by Norman Dyhrenfurth. It also included two Austrians (cartographers Erwin Schneider and...
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    summit Mount Everest. The American Mount Everest Expedition was led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, and included Unsoeld, Jim Whittaker, Lute Jerstad, Barry Bishop and...
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    2017). "Norman Dyhrenfurth, 99, Dies; Led First U.S. Team to Reach Top of Everest". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2023. Dyhrenfurth, Norman (October...
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  • mountaineering. His son Norman G. Dyhrenfurth was also a mountaineer and became an important expedition leader and film maker. Dyhrenfurth, Günter (1931). Himalaya...
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  • he was a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, the first American team to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 1963....
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