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FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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Junko Tabei
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Phu Dorji
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Peter Habeler
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Phu Dorjee (also spelled Phu Dorji) was a Sherpa and the first Indian to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. He did so on May 5, 1984 on a solo ascent from the South East Ridge.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ang Rita Sherpa (Nepali: ; 27 July 1948 – 21 September 2020) was a Nepali mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest ten times without the use of supplemental oxygen between 1983 and 1996. His sixth climb set the world record for the most successful ascents of Mount Everest, which he re-set on his tenth climb.
Detailed explanation-3: -At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29, 035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth.