Peter Kittilsby Schoening, known as Pete Schoening, was an American mountaineer who lived from 30 July 1927 to 22 September 2004. He was one of two Americans to first climb the Pakistani peak Gasherbrum I in 1958, together with Andrew Kauffman, and one of the first to summit Mount Vinson in Antarctica in 1966. He is perhaps best remembered for his actions during the belay on the American K2 expedition of 1953, when he single-handedly averted the loss of the entire expedition.
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