About Wang Fuzhou
Lived 1935 – 2015 (aged 79–80). Wang Fuzhou was a Chinese mountaineer.
Wang Fuzhou (; – 18 July 2015) was a Chinese mountaineer, born in Xihua County, Henan. He and Qu Yinhua were the first Chinese to climb Mount Everest on the northeast ridge route. Wang died in Beijing on 18 July 2015.
Notable ascents 1958 — Lenin Peak 1959 — Muztagh Ata 1960 — Mount Everest (first ascent via the northeast ridge) 1964 — Shishapangma (first ascent)
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Who was Wang Fuzhou?
Chinese summiter of Mount Everest
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Wang Fuzhou was born in 1935 in Xihua County.
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Wang Fuzhou died on 18 July 2015.
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Wang Fuzhou was a mountaineer.
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Wang Fuzhou was Chinese.
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