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Who was the first Indian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen?

  1. Phu Dorjee

  2. Tenzing Norgay

  3. Nawang Gombu

  4. None of these
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Phu Dorjee became the first Indian to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen on May 5, 1984. Tenzing Norgay was the first to summit Everest (with Edmund Hillary) but used oxygen. Nawang Gombu was the first person to summit Everest twice but also used oxygen on both ascents.

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