• Peter Kittilsby Schoening (July 30, 1927 – September 22, 2004) was an American mountaineer. Schoening was one of two Americans to first successfully climb...
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    was standard issue for the members of the expedition. On 5 July 1958, Pete Schoening and Andy Kauffman were the first men to stand atop Gasherbrum I, the...
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    experience Sandy Hill Pittman (41) – had climbed six of the Seven Summits Pete Schoening (68) – one of the first to climb Gasherbrum I and Mount Vinson; known...
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    came onto Pete Schoening, who had been belaying Gilkey and Molenaar. Quickly wrapping the rope around his shoulders and ice axe, Schoening held all six...
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    extreme remoteness. Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958, by Pete Schoening and Andy Kauffman of an eight-man American expedition led by Nicholas...
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  • embolism. His fellow expedition members, including Charles Houston and Pete Schoening, immediately turned back in an attempt to save his life. During the...
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    the 1996 Mount Everest disaster (Klev was the nephew of mountaineer Pete Schoening). In theatre, Chris has appeared in works at Shakespeare's Globe, The...
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  • attempt of the first ascent of the peak. Their fall was arrested by Pete Schoening in one of the greatest feats of mountaineering. Bell went on several...
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  • Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) Pete Schoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
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    Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) Pete Schoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
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    Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) Pete Schoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
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  • Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) Pete Schoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
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    Gilkey became critically ill. A desperate retreat followed, during which Pete Schoening saved almost the entire team during a mass fall (known simply as The...
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  • Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) Pete Schoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
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    and five other climbers to begin falling down a steep slope. Climber Pete Schoening wedged his ice axe alongside a boulder, and managed to belay the roped...
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    Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) Pete Schoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
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  • Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) Pete Schoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
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  • Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Michael Groom (climber) Sandy Hill (mountaineer) Pete Schoening Makalu Gau Dead Andy Harris (mountain guide) Scott Fischer Rob Hall...
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  • mountaineer who made the first ascent of Gasherbrum I on 5 July 1958 with Pete Schoening. He also made the first ascent of Mount Proteus in 1947. Kauffman also...
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  • Harada, Shigeki Imoto, Kunga Sherpa. 1996 - Everest, SE Ridge with Pete Schoening, Anatoli Boukreev et al, May 1–13. Death of Scott Fischer. 2000 - Everest...
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    altitude first ascent first winter ascent Gasherbrum I 8068 m 1958 by Pete Schoening and A. J. Kauffman (USA) 2012 by Adam Bielecki, Janusz Gołąb [pl] (Poland)...
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    avoid steep slopes. After two failed summit attempts on July 20 and 21, Pete Schoening and Gibson Reynolds succeeded in negotiating the gendarme that had rebuffed...
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    510 ft) 2,155 m (7,070 ft) Pakistan China 5 July 1958 Andrew Kauffman Pete Schoening 9 March 2012 Adam Bielecki Janusz Gołąb [pl] Broad Peak 8,051 m (26...
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    control roped together down the mountain. When the last roped man, Pete Schoening, was about to be plucked off by the accelerating climbers, he was remarkably...
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  • Johnson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) 1927 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004) 1927 – Victor Wong, American actor (d...
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  • Schoning (redirect from Schoening)
    Schöning or Schoening may refer to: Bill Schoening, American radio sportscaster Chevalier Schoening, a pseudonym of a European courtier Gerhard Schöning...
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    (born 1956) – adult film actress Kirby Larson (born 1954) – author Pete Schoening (1927–2004) – mountain climber Charissa Thompson (born 1982) – television...
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  • 1932) 2003 – Hugo Young, English journalist and author (b. 1938) 2004 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927) 2004 – Ray Traylor Jr., American professional...
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    Geology Rock type Breccia Climbing First ascent July 23, 1950 by Fred Beckey, Pete Schoening, Phil Sharpe Easiest route glacier travel, class 3-4 scrambling...
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  • climbers were involved in a near-fatal fall, saved only by the strength of Pete Schoening, who was the last man on the rope. Bates later received the David A...
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