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Remembering Ed Webster: Climber, Adventurer, Historian, Writer, and Photographer
Ed Webster, desert rat, rock climber, and pioneer of a bold new route on Everest's Kangshung Face, has passed away at age 66.
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1982: Belgian Climber Jean Bourgeois Disappears on Mt. Everest
On December 30, 1982, the great Belgian mountaineer Jean Bourgeois, a 44-year-old climber, photographer, and explorer, fell off the north si