Rob Hall
New Zealand mountaineer (1961–1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Edwin Hall NZBS MBE (14 January 1961 – 11 May 1996) was a New Zealand mountaineer. He was the head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition during which he, a fellow guide, and two clients died. A best-selling account of the expedition was given in Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, and the expedition has been dramatised in the 2015 film Everest. At the time of his death, Hall had just completed his fifth ascent to the summit of Everest, more at that time than any other non-Sherpa mountaineer.
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Born | Robert Edwin Hall (1961-01-14)14 January 1961 Christchurch, New Zealand |
Died | 11 May 1996(1996-05-11) (aged 35) Mount Everest, Nepal |
Cause of death | Hypothermia |
Resting place | South Summit of Everest |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Occupation | Mountain guide |
Employer | Adventure Consultants |
Known for | 1996 Everest disaster |
Spouse | Jan Arnold |
Children | 1 |
Hall met his future wife, physician Jan Arnold, during his Everest summit attempt in 1990.[1][2] Hall and Arnold climbed Denali for their first date and later married. In 1993, Hall and Arnold climbed to the summit of Everest together.[1] In the catastrophic 1996 season, Arnold would have accompanied Hall on his Everest expedition, but she was pregnant.