Dan Mazur
| Daniel Lee Mazur | |
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| Born | October 15 Illinois |
| Residence |
Bristol, England Olympia, Washington |
| Nationality | American - British |
| Education | PhD, Brandeis University, Heller School University of the West of England, Bristol BSW University of Montana Certified Diesel Mechanic, Missoula Vocational Technical College |
| Occupation | Mountain Climber |
| Employer | www.SummitClimb.com |
| Known for | Mountain Climbing Leading the "Three cups of Tea" expedition to K2 in 1993 Lincoln Hall rescue in 2006 |
| Parent(s) | Mary (mother) Robert (father) |
| Relatives | Amy (sister) Steven (brother) |
Dan Mazur is a contemporary mountain climber most widely known for leading Greg Mortenson's 1993 K2 expedition in "Three Cups of Tea" and for the rescue of Lincoln Hall, an Australian climber on Mount Everest on May 25, 2006. Lincoln Hall had been 'left for dead' by another expedition team the previous day at around 8600 meters on Everest after collapsing and failing to respond to treatment on the descent from the summit. Mazur and his fellow climbers - Andrew Brash (Canada), Myles Osborne (UK) and Jangbu Sherpa (Nepal) - in abandoning their own attempt on the summit in order to save Hall's life epitomised the noblest traditions of mountaineering, underscored by the death of British climber; David Sharp, a few days earlier.
Daniel Lee Mazur was born on 15 October 1960 in Illinois. His family came from Złotów, Poland, and Bristol, England, where his ancestor Humphrey Hooke was a Merchant Venturer and Alderman during the 16th century. As a boy he spent his summers exploring the wilderness waterways of Canada by canoe with a YMCA group. Each summer the family would load the Ford station wagon with the kids and the dog and visit the national parks for a two-week camping trip. He was an active Boy Scout for many years and was taught to ski by his father Robert. At age 12 his mother Mary started bringing Chinese students home to live in the house, so he learned his first words of Chinese around the dinner table and while doing chores. He first tasted the high peaks at age 17, while a student at the University of Montana, climbing Gunsight Peak and the Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park.
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