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George Whitmore (climber)
American mountain climber and conservationist (1931–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George William Whitmore (February 8, 1931 – January 1, 2021) was an American mountain climber and conservationist. He was a member of the first team to climb a vertical face El Capitan in 1958,[1][2][3][4] by the route called The Nose.
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