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RIP Dick Bass, 1st to Complete the 7 Summits & Co-Founder of Snowbird, UT

Dick Bass in the US Navy.

Dick Bass is a true American badass. He’s the guy who first came up with the idea to summit the tallest summit on each of the seven summits and he executed the project with precision. Dick was also a co-founder of the legendary Utah ski resort, Snowbird. Not many of us get the chance to do something great. Dick was able to pull off many legendary feats: DICK BASS BADASSNESS: Co-founded Snowbird ski resort in Utah in 1971 Conceived of the idea of the “Seven Summits” and completed them all on, summiting Mt. Everest on April 30th, 1985 Oldest to summit 29,028 […]

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SnowBrains | July 27, 2015
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