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Vitor Negrete
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 November 1967 |
| Died | 19 May 2006 (aged 38) |
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.[1] 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,[2] and died on the descent.
- ^ Trip 109- 2003 p3 "Vítor Negrete, 35 anos, já escalou quatro vezes o monte Aconcágua, na Argentina, e passa 120 ..."
- ^ Veja 39 17-21 p89 2006 "Morreu: o alpinista li brasileiro Vítor Negrete, logo após conquistar um feito inédito para o esporte nacional: atingir o cume do Monte Everest sem o auxílio de cilindros de oxigénio. Durante a descida, Negrete passou mal. Acredita-se que a oxigenação reduzida e o esforço excessivo tenham comprometido sua capacidade de inspiração ou ainda causado edema pulmonar ou cerebral. Negrete já havia escalado o Everest — com cilindros — em 2005."
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