On Everest, he endured a violent slide

[{"selector":"#anim-f57dfd20-37f3-45b0-862b-4967509f8ae3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] On Everest, he endured a violent slide

[{"selector":"#anim-1379a75d-bbb4-4661-8eaa-fa7e140b4e60 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-30.35291965520469%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Kilimanjaro, Aconagua, and Denali were among the tallest peaks Quang Thân has scaled.

[{"selector":"#anim-7876f5dc-8da9-487c-937c-7ea19cb0a499 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-28.89158310095124%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] He attempted Everest twice and survived a flash flood there in 2005.

[{"selector":"#anim-dcbfc87a-f9b7-4b2a-8f5e-3a44a1029a9a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.373014389734603%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] His extensive expertise makes what happened to Thân extremely frustrating. on a day-long ascent of a far less well-known California peak.

[{"selector":"#anim-656fa511-63fb-4534-a908-346229270c18 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] 21st of August. Thân, 66, was climbing Split Mountain with two other climbers in California's Sierra Nevada, a 400-mile area that is home to Yosemite Public Park.

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[{"selector":"#anim-83fbf73d-8a48-4528-9e8f-e47a60dedd58 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-28.885135007010952%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Thân met his partners through a Facebook group for Vietnamese explorers, and they encouraged him to wait until they reached the 14,064-foot peak.

[{"selector":"#anim-d2f1d496-c0a4-44ee-b668-d057d4e40bc7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-28.885135007010952%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] At a nearby lake where Thân had made some reservations, they started searching through it decisively. The items were present, but he wasn't.