Norman Gunther Dyhrenfurth, who lived from 7 May 1918 to 24 September 2017, was a German-Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker. He was the leader of the first successful American Mount Everest Expedition of 1963, which placed six climbers on the summit of the mountain. His career joined expedition leadership in the Himalayas with work behind the camera, and his background is described as German, Swiss and American at once. The expedition he led is described as the first successful American one on Everest.
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was a German-Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker
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was a German-Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker
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was a German-Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker
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was a German-Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker
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was a German-Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker
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