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Cho Oyu is the 6th highest
mountain in the world at 26,906 ft. (8,201m).
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The first ascent was in 1954 by
an Austrian expedition of Herbert Tichy, Joseph Joechler,
and Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama.
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In late summer of 2002, three
American mountaineers set out to climb, snowboard and ski
down the summit.
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This is their story...
