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David Breashears
Role:
Expedition leader, director, co-producer, cinematographer
Expertise:
Mountaineer/filmmaker specializing in adventure film projects
Everest summits:
4 (summited for the third time while filming EVEREST and for the fourth time while filming for PBS television last year)
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Robert Schauer
Role:
Assistant Cameraman
Expertise:
Mountaineer/filmmaker who has completed many of the world’s most difficult ascents, including five of the world’s 14 tallest mountains (above 26,250 feet)
Everest summits:
2
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Ed Viesturs
Role:
Deputy Leader
Expertise:
America’s leading Himalayan mountaineer; currently seeking to climb each of the world’s 14 highest peaks without supplemental oxygen (10 down, 4 to go)
Everest summits:
5 (the EVEREST expedition was his fourth; today he shares the 5-summit record with one other person)
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Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Role:
Climbing Leader
Expertise:
Himalayan climber and expedition organizer
Everest summits:
1 (the tenth member of his family to climb Everest; his father, Tenzing Norgay, made the historic first ascent with Edmund Hillary in 1953)
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Araceli Segarra
Role:
Climber
Expertise:
Experienced ice, rock, and alpine climber
Everest summits:
1 (the first woman from Spain to summit Everest)
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Sumiyo Tsuzuki
Role:
Climber
Expertise:
Mountaineering
Everest summits:
0 (after cracking a rib due to altitude-induced coughing, she turned back at the South Summit)
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Mount Everest
Role:
World’s tallest mountain
Height:
29,028 feet
First ascent:
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, 1953
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