Word: hornbein
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...other side, Thomas Hornbein. 32, a San Diego anesthesiologist, and William Unsoeld, 36, a Peace Corps official, were picking their way up a vastly more difficult route-the forbidding West Ridge, a narrow spur so dangerous that nobody else had dared even try. If all went well, the two teams would meet at the summit. But for those on the West Ridge, it seemed hopeless...