Read the bio below and try to give details on tom hornbein 's: - known for - spouse - birth date - name - nationality - birth place - occupation Bio: thomas '' tom '' hornbein -lrb- born november 6 , 1930 -rrb- is a well-known american mountaineer . born in st. louis , missouri , hornbein developed an interest in geology as a teenager . his study of geology led to a fascination with mountains . eventually he also became interested in medicine ; he studied and worked as an anesthesiologist . he studied human physiological limits and performance at high altitude . he was professor and chairman of the department of anesthesiology at the university of washington school of medicine in seattle , washington from 1978 to 1993 . his life was a link of medicine and mountaineering . hornbein was an early boulder , co area climber on the flatirons . hornbein and his partner willi unsoeld attempted to climb mount everest in 1963 as part of the american everest expedition . jim whittaker and nawang gombu sherpa from this expedition had summitted on may 1 , 1963 . hornbein and unsoeld were the first to attempt an ascent of the daunting west ridge . previously , ascents of the mountain had been made only via the south col and southeast ridge or the north col and northeast ridge . their plan was to climb up the west ridge and down the southeast ridge/south col route . this would make theirs the first traverse of an 8000-meter peak . on may 22 , 1963 at 6:50 a.m. they left their final camp and started the climb , and even though progress was very slow made it to the summit at 6:15 that night . they found themselves hours behind the generally accepted schedule and after spending 20 minutes at the top they began the descent . shortly after they started unsoeld ran out of oxygen . at 9:30 they came upon two other americans from the same expedition , barry bishop and lute jerstad . bishop and jerstad had reached the summit earlier in the day using the south col route and by this time were exhausted and nearly out of oxygen . the four climbers joined together on the descent and continued to make very slow progress until they felt it was too dangerous and stopped sometime after...
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- known for is pioneering west ridge ascent of mount everest- spouse is kathryn mikesell- birth date is 6 november 1930- name is thomas f. hornbein- nationality is usa- birth place is st. louis , missouri- occupation is anesthesiologist