biography
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Tilman, Harold William
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| male
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| lived:
| (1898–?1978)
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| biography:
| Mountaineer, explorer, and sailor, born in Wallasey, Merseyside, NW England, UK. He made the first ascents of Midget Peak, Mt Kenya (1930), and Nanda Devi (1936), was a member of the 1935 Everest expedition, and led the 1938 attempt. After 1953 he sailed to Patagonia and crossed the ice-cap, and completed the circumnavigation of South America. He circumnavigated Africa (1957–8), and in 1977 sailed from Southampton to the South Shetland Is, but was never seen again after leaving Rio. |
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