Doug Hansen: The Mailman who Climbed Everest but TRAGICALLY died on the descent

Dough Hansen was a postal worker from America. He was born 28 May 1949 in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and moved to Renton, Washington as a teenager with his family. Hansen learned to climb by climbing Mount Rainier, in the 1980s.

He graduated from Renton High School in 1967 and had worked for the post office since then. He loved spending time outdoors, river rafting and scuba diving.

Even from a young age, Hansen dreamed of conquering Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Living near Mount Rainier, could have possibly inspired him to climb Mount Everest. As he grew up, he was more than determined to scale Everest.

To achieve his goal of climbing Mount Everest, he joined an expedition in 1996 led by Rob Hall, an accomplished mountaineer from New Zealand who ran Adventure Consultants.

Hansen made it to the summit on May 10, 1996 but tragically lost on the descent in a murderous storm.

This is his story.

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