About
Mountain climber extraordinaire who was the the only member to complete all four expeditions to Everest in the 1930s.
Before Fame
He climbed a mountain at age 15, and within a couple of years he started devoting himself to climbing.
Trivia
He continued climbing even into his 50s, when he scaled a mountain in Patagonia, between Argentina and Chile.
Family Life
His father died when he was three, and his mother raised the family on her own.
Associated With
Sir Edmund Hillary is another famous climber who also mounted Everest.
