Who was the first man to climb Mount Kilimanjaro?
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The first by Baron von Decken then later by Dr. Hans Meyer who finally stood on the highest point on the 5th of October 1889.
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I don't know why people keep on believing that Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to reach Mount Everest's top. He's English (NZ) by the way. I believe that there are many Nepali or Chinese who have conquered the Everest long before him. It's such a biased fact, just because he's a European/Caucasian. He might be the first 'recorded' man to conquer Everest, but certainly not the first person ever to climb Everest.
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I don't think it was ever hidden. If you mean who first climbed to the summit, then the group led by Edmund Hillary from New Zealand (later Sir Edmund) where the first. However there has always been some disagreement as to who was the first at the top. It is generally believed that a Sherpa called Ten Sing ( spelling? ) was the first there. I think they are both dead now but when the last one died there was something that was supposed to have been disclosed as to who the first was but I'm not sure what the outcome was.
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Zed al-Rifai, the first Arab to climb and reach the summit of Mount Everest is now officially the first Arab to climb and reach the summit of Cho Oyo Mountain. Rifai, announced last Thursday at 1:50 p.m. Beijing time his successful climb to mount Cho Oyo from altitude 8,201 meters.\n\nRifai is a Kuwaiti national and the first Arab to climb Mount Everest. He made history by being the 46th person to climb all seven highest summits in the seven continents of the world. On September 9th, Rifai commenced his adventure to climb Cho Oyo, the sixth highest mountain in the world.
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I was going to say the exact same.  Ghandi!  Fantastic leader, interesting journey and a lot of things to find to research him.  \nAlso Nelson Mandala, he's still alive today.  Not sure if that's criteria or not...\nAlso, Albert Einstein!  He's lead an interesting life to say the least, and theres plenty of ways you could write an essay on him\nGood luck!
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K2 or Mt. Austin Godwin\n\nK2 is taken from the first letter of Karakorum, and the number 2 indicates that it was the second peak in the range to be measured.\n\nLocation : Korakoram Range, Pakistan - China Border \nAltitude : 8,611m (28,251 ft) \nImporance : 2nd Highest Mountain In The World.
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There are two lists of the seven summits proposed by Richard Bass, an American mountaineer and Reinhold Messner. Moutaineers aim to climb all seven summits. The list of seven summits is:\n\n    * Asia: Everest, Nepal/PRC(Tibet) (8,848 m)\n    * South America: Aconcagua, Argentina (6,959 m)\n    * North America: Mount McKinley (Denali), Alaska (6,194 m)\n    * Africa: Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (5,895 m)\n    * Europe: Elbrus, Russia (5,642 m)\n\n(alternatively Mont Blanc, France/Italy (4810 m))\n\n    * Antarctica: Vinson Massif (4,897 m)\n    * Australasia: Carstensz Pyramid, Irian Jaya, Indonesia (4,884 m)\n    * (according to Bass) Australia: Kosciuszko, New South Wales (2,228 m)\n\nThere are two differences. Bass proposed Mount Kosciuszko in Australia as the highest mountain of the continent. Messner considers that the Carstensz Pyramid in Irian Jaya is the highest mountain in Australasia. The Carstensz Pyramid is much more difficult to climb than Kociuszko - I have climbed Mount Kosciuszko and I'm no mountaineer. There is also a disagreement as to whether Mount Ebrus is in Europe depending on the boundaries. If it isn't Mont Blanc is the highest Mountain. \n\nRichard Bass developed the concept and completed the route based on Mount Kosciuszko in 1985 before completing a book called "Seven Summits". Messner developed his concept in 1986. Pat Morrow was the first to complete the Messner seven  in 1986 followed by Messner shortly after. As of 2003, 100 climbers had completed the challenge.
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Ferdinand Magellan was the first to try.  The ships he commanded made it all the way, but he died en route.  Juan Sebastian Elcano took over after he died and brought the ships home, so he made it.  Garcia Jofre de Loaysa's tried a bit alter.  All of his ships sank and he died, but Fernando de la Torre and eight survivors were picked up by a Portuguese ship and made it home. The first person to plan and lead and expedition and survive it was Sir Francis Drake.
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Africa.  I did it about 15 years ago with a company called Outward Bound.  It lasted 3 weeks.  2 weeks of which involved preparations, training and climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro.  It's something like 18,460 feet high.
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Ronald Reagan\n\nhttp://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/presidents/firsts.htm
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Niel Armstrong. Buzz Aldrin was supposed to be the first but Armstrong was closest to the door.
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Mt. Everest, 1st persons were Sir Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (to the Summit of Mt. Everest)
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it was a Marangu Army Scout named Johannes Kinyala Lauwo. it took him nine more climbes to realize there was a crator on top.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger\n\njoseph kittinger\n\nhere's a video too:\n\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-369888258105653405&q=%22First+man+In+Space+-+Skydiving+from+the+edge+of+the+world%22+playable%3Atrue
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the person who discovered the cycle of rocks discovered the rock cycle
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Highest I have done is 16,000 ft but ... \n\n"Kittinger performed three extreme altitude jumps during August 1960 as part of the USAF research project ‘Excelsior’ – a precursor to the US space race and intended to test human survivability on the edge of space. \n\nExcelsior III was the climax of the operation. \nLeaping from the open gondola of a 200ft diameter helium balloon with 99% of the earth's atmosphere below him, Kittinger spent four minutes thirty-six seconds in freefall. As he passed through 90,000ft his speed reached an incredible 614mph – almost the speed of sound in thin freezing air of the upper atmosphere. At 18,000ft his multi-stage parachute, operating on timers and barometric triggers, finally deployed his ‘main’.\n\nThis historic jump set an altitude record that still stands today."
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(m)\n\nRobert Wadlow — The world's tallest man.