1. Norman Gunther Dyhrenfurth was a German-Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker.
14 Facts About Norman Dyhrenfurth
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Norman Dyhrenfurth was the leader of the first successful American Mount Everest Expedition of 1963, which placed six climbers on the summit.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth was born in Germany, the son of Himalayan explorers Gunter Oskar Dyhrenfurth and Hettie Dyhrenfurth.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth was the founder of the Motion Picture Division of the Department of Theater Arts at UCLA, but resigned that position in 1952.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth first came to the attention of the mountaineering community in the United States in 1939, when he completed some challenging climbs in the Grand Tetons.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth was a participant in the 1952 Swiss Mount Everest Expedition.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth learned that a permit had already been granted to another American climber, William Hackett.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth received a permit from the Nepalese authorities on May 10,1961, for an American expedition to climb Mount Everest in the spring of 1963.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth recruited a team of climbers that included Jake Breitenbach, Jim Whittaker, Willi Unsoeld, Lute Jerstad, Tom Hornbein, Dave Dingman and Barry Bishop.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth was the chief technical advisor for the 1975 Clint Eastwood movie The Eiger Sanction.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth was second unit director and technical advisor for the 1982 film Five Days One Summer, starring Sean Connery.
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In 1974, Norman Dyhrenfurth received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Lowell Thomas at a ceremony in Salt Lake City.
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In 1988, Norman Dyhrenfurth was awarded the Tenzing Norgay Award, given by The Explorers Club.
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Norman Dyhrenfurth passed away in Salzburg, Austria, at the age of 99 in 2017.