![]() ![]() Jim talked about their alleged "rivalry" on Everest and the value of their lifetime friendship forged on the mountain. The moment Jim presented Tom with the award was touching and had everyone in tears. Tom's award was presented by Jim Whittaker, his climbing partner and lifelong friend. ![]() In 2018, we were proud to honor Tom Hornbein with The Mountaineers Lifetime Achievement award, an annual honor given to a member of The Mountaineers community for their lifetime of contributions to the outdoor community. Read more about Tom's identity as a bibliophile and his love of books in an interview from 2020. In classic Hornbein humor, he has said that writing his book about Everest was harder than actually climbing the mountain.īlending his passions for geology, medicine, and mountaineering, Tom pursued a career in anesthesiology and studied human psychological limits and performance at high altitude. ![]() One of the members of the 1963 American Everest Expedition, Tom and his partner Willi Unsoeld were the first to climb Everest via the West Ridge. In 1965, Tom released a personal account of the journey called Everest: The West Ridge, a route that is still notoriously difficult today. Tom is best known for his groundbreaking feats at high altitude. ![]() Tom Hornbein, a legendary high altitude mountaineer, geologist, and anesthesiologist, passed away at his home in Estes Park, CO in the early hours of May 6, 2023. ![]()
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