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Friend Remembers Climber Charlotte Fox, Survivor Of 1996 Everest Expedition

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Published June 1, 2018 at 12:25 PM CDT
Charlotte Fox, one of the climbers of Mt. Everest arrives at Katmandu airport on Wednesday, May 15, 1996, after she and another man were evacuated by Nepalese Army helicopters. (Binod Joshi/AP)
Charlotte Fox, one of the climbers of Mt. Everest arrives at Katmandu airport on Wednesday, May 15, 1996, after she and another man were evacuated by Nepalese Army helicopters. (Binod Joshi/AP)

Charlotte Fox, a survivor of the 1996 Mount Everest expedition, died last week after an apparent fall.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Alison Osius, executive editor of Rock and Ice magazine and a friend of Fox’s.

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