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Robert Hargraves Casserley is a UK emergency and family doctor and mountaineer who has reached the peak of Mount Everest eight times. He appeared in the BBC documentary Everest ER.[1]
Casserley was the first Westerner to twice double-summit Everest in one week.[2] He was a guide on Everest in 2015 during the 2015 Mount Everest avalanches.[3] During his 2015 expedition, an earthquake hit Nepal causing an avalanche at Everest base camp, which his team survived.[4] Prior to that, he had reached the summit eight times.[5]
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- ^ James, Tori (2016). Peak Performance. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781682990490. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Armstrong, Nigel (9 March 2012). "A life of adventure". SaltWire Network. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Former P.E.I. doctor survives Mount Everest avalanche". CBC. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Former P.E.I. doctor survives Mount Everest avalanche".
- ^ Martienssen, Tom (28 April 2015). "Nepal quake on Everest: BBC man's lucky escape". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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