Scott Fischer

Scott Fischer
Fischer on Annapurna Fang in 1984
Born	(1955-12-24)December 24, 1955 Muskegon, Michigan, United States
Died	May 11, 1996(1996-05-11) (aged 40) Mount Everest, Nepal
Cause of death	Exposure, AMS
Nationality	American
Occupation	Mountain guide
Known for	First American to summit Lhotse
Spouse	Jeannie Price
Children	2

Scott Eugene Fischer (December 24, 1955 – May 11, 1996) was an American mountaineer and mountain guide. He was renowned for ascending the world's highest mountains without supplemental oxygen. Fischer and Wally Berg were the first Americans to summit Lhotse (27,940 feet / 8516 m), the world's fourth highest peak.^[1] Fischer, Charley Mace, and Ed Viesturs summitted K2 (28,251 feet/ 8611m) without supplemental oxygen.^[2] Fischer first climbed Mount Everest (29,032 feet / 8,848.86 m) in 1994 and later died during the 1996 blizzard on Everest while descending from the peak.