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This is a true, almost unbelievable story of a daring attempt by four amateur mountaineers - a college professor, a school teacher, a lawyer, and a geology student - to climb the highest peak in the world!
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- Woodrow Wilson Sayre: Narrator / author. Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, came up with the idea of attempting Everest North Face
- Roger Alan Hart: Geology student, athlete at Tufts University, another member of the expedition
- Norman Christian Hansen: Lawyer from Boston, 3rd member of the expedition
- HansPeter: Swiss, fourth member of the expedition, pciked up by other three on teh way to Kathmandu via Zermatt
- Raymond Lambert: Legendary Swiss mountaineer, helped the expedition team in their preparations in Switzerland.
- Madame Lambert: Wife of Raymond Lambert, helped the expedition team in their preparations in Switzerland.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Woodrow Wilson Sayre (Author)
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