Willie Benegas

Willie Benegas or Guillermo Benegas is an Argentine / US mountain climber.[1] He has been climbing for over 25 years and has climbed Mount Everest and Aconcagua 12 times[2] and also climbed many volcanos in Guatemala.[1] He is from Argentina (Puerto Pirámides, province of Chubut) but now lives in the United States State of Utah.[1] In 2005, while working as a Mountain Madness guide, he was noted as being well liked and respected at EBC, and being quick to help others.[3] He and his brother won an award in 2003 for pioneering "The Crystal Snake" route on Nuptse.[4] He has also climbed himalayan mountains Manaslu, Cho Oyu and Makalu.[5] In an interview with one Everest climber, he recounted how Benegas went into the "dead bodies tent" to save the life a man others had given up on.[6] That is to say they expected him to die due to various injuries and had fluid coming out of his mouth; however, Benegas managed to make an airway and rallied a group of Sherpa's to carry him down.[6] Within the hour they had gotten him down and helicopter evacuated out the next day.[6] (This was during the 2015 Mount Everest avalanches and earthquake)

Everest summits: (13 times)[7][8]

See also

References
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  2. "The Everest Moral Dilemma". National Geographic. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
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  7. "Ascents - Everest". 8000ers.com. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  8. "Himalayan Database Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley". Himalayandatabase.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
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