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Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (died 1995)
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Alison Hargreaves
20th-century British mountain climber (1962–1995)
Alison Jane Hargreaves was a British mountaineer. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team, in 1995. She soloed all the great north faces of the Alps in a single season—a first for any climber. This feat…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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