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David Breashears
1955 - 2024
David Breashears
1955 - 2024
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BORN
1955
DIED
2024
David Breashears Obituary
David Breashears was a mountaineer and filmmaker who directed the IMAX film "Everest" and was the first American to reach the mountain's summit twice (and five times overall).
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Lisa Feinberg Ballard
April 8, 2024
I just heard the sad news about David. Rest in peace, old friend. I'll always remember our Thanksgivings together in Hanover, NH. You were a master at baking turkeys as well as climbing the tallest mountains.
Jamie A. Groth
April 1, 2024
Prayers to the Breashears family. I´m in Michigan and he inspired me to explore the Everest region. Dance with the greats up there DFB. . .
Kapila chandrabharathi
March 22, 2024
Rest in peace Mr Breashears
You will be missed by everyone even remotely connected to Mt Everest
Raymond Mullen
March 21, 2024
I live in Riverview N B. Canada. I watch every night over and over again . Everest and Storm over Everest.
David seemed to me to be a very caring man and a very big heart.I was sure shocked to see of his passing.
I am sending my deepest sympathy and condolences to his family and all his friends.l am sure Avery lot of people will always have , great memories of him. And time does heal. I will only climb Everest in my dreams.
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Wendy Barnes
March 20, 2024
I saw that David died recently. I never met him but my husband and I lived next door to his mom Ruth in Sunnyvale when we were first married. We adored her and she gave us a copy of his book about the mountain. So sorry to hear that he passed away He was such a handsome and incredible person.
Charlotte Brohi
March 20, 2024
I have fantastic memories of working with David on the IMAX-format documentary film, "Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa". After his massive success with the IMAX film, Everest, he wanted to do a film about Kilimanjaro because as he put it, Kilimanjaro is "everyman's Everest." He was a joy to collaborate with. He was also generous in not only spirit but with money. When I decided to train to cycle in the Leukemia Society's Century Ride in Lake Tahoe in 2001 he was one of the first to contribute to my campaign. He even warned me about the altitude in and around Tahoe and when I did suffer from altitude sickness he told me that "even I've had issues with altitude and not just on Everest." He was kind and a wonderful storyteller. This is us at the premiere of Kilimanjaro at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in 2002.
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