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Norman Dyhrenfurth
American film director, cinematographer and mountaineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norman Gunther Dyhrenfurth (May 7, 1918 – September 24, 2017)[1] was a German-Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker. He was the leader of the successful American Mount Everest Expedition of 1963, which placed six climbers on the summit.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth | |
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![]() Dyhrenfurth during the 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition | |
Born | (1918-05-07)May 7, 1918 |
Died | September 24, 2017(2017-09-24) (aged 99) Salzburg, Austria |
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