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Lincoln Hall, mountaineer left on Everest, dies
Mar 21st, 2012
Mountaineer Lincoln Hall, who was rescued a day after being given up for dead near the summit of Everest in 2006, died Wednesday of cancer in Australia. He was 56. (Source: Associated Press) -
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