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Vitor Negrete

1967 – 2006

Brazilian mountaineer

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Lived 1967 – 2006 (aged 38). Vitor Negrete was a Brazilian explorer.

Vítor Negrete (13 November 1967 – 19 May 2006) was a climber and the first Brazilian to reach the summit of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. He was also an adventure racer beginning in 2001. Among many other adventures, he had crossed the Amazon rainforest and traveled from São Paulo state to the southernmost part of Argentina– Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia– on a bicycle. As a UNICAMP researcher in food engineering, he helped to introduce pre-industrialized food to poor communities in the Vale do Ribeira, south of the state of São Paulo. He reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 18, 2006, without supplemental oxygen, and died on the descent.

Climbs In 2005 Negrete summited Everest, using oxygen after Camp 3. He also summited Aconcagua in the Andes of South America.

On May 17, resting at Base Camp after a failed summit bid, Negrete told Raineri: “I am going tonight, without O2, without a Sherpa and without a sat-phone, since the batteries of the one I have are almost gone. I am going completely on my own. I promise I’ll be careful." He called for help on the way down from the summit, which he had reached by noon on May 18. His Sherpa guide, Ang Dawa Sherpa, went immediately up from Camp III and helped him back down, where he died soon afterward.

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Vitor Negrete?

Brazilian mountaineer (1967–2006)

When was Vitor Negrete born?

Vitor Negrete was born on 13 December 1967 in São Paulo.

When did Vitor Negrete die?

Vitor Negrete died on 19 May 2006 in Mount Everest.

What was Vitor Negrete's occupation?

Vitor Negrete was an explorer.

What nationality was Vitor Negrete?

Vitor Negrete was Brazilian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Vitor Negrete

· Wikidata: Q7937197

· DBpedia: Vitor Negrete

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