Richard Daniel Bass was an American businessman, rancher and mountaineer.
14 Facts About Richard Bass
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Richard Bass was the owner of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and the first man to climb the "Seven Summits", the tallest mountain on each continent.
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Richard Bass was born on December 21,1929, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Richard Bass was educated at Texas Country Day School and then the Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas.
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Richard Bass enrolled at Yale University at 16 and graduated in 1950 with a degree in geology.
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Richard Bass returned to Texas in 1953 to join in the running of the family oil and gas business and ranching operations.
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Richard Bass was the owner of ranches in Central Texas.
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Richard Bass built the largest private residence in Vail, later inviting President Gerald Ford to winter there with his family.
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Together with Frank Wells, future president of The Walt Disney Company, Richard Bass decided to pursue the adventure challenge of summiting the highest mountain on each of the seven continents: Denali, North America; Aconcagua, South America; Mount Elbrus, Europe; Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa; Vinson Massif, Antarctica; Mount Kosciuszko, Australia; and Mount Everest, Asia.
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On his third attempt, Richard Bass was guided by David Breashears to the summit of Everest on April 30,1985, achieving the Seven Summit feat.
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Richard Bass later co-wrote the book Seven Summits chronicling the achievement.
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The list of mountains that Richard Bass summited became known as the "Richard Bass List," one of two commonly accepted lists.
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Richard Bass died on July 26,2015, in Dallas, Texas, from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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Richard Bass's funeral was held at the St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church on July 31,2015, in Dallas.