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Doug Scott (1941—2020), trailblazing mountain climber

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Doug Scott was an English mountain climber who was part of the first team to summit Mount Everest via its challenging southwest face.Scott joined Chris Bonington’s famed Everest expedition in 1975.

It was the first British team to summit Everest, as well as the first to use the southwest face to get there, and Scott himself became the first Englishman to reach Everest’s summit.

The night after he achieved the summit, Scott and his climbing partner, Dougal Haston, were caught away from camp and without oxygen for the night.

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