1975 Everest South-West Face expedition
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The 1975 Everest South-West Face expedition was a landmark British mountaineering campaign that achieved the first successful ascent of Everest’s formidable southwest face under the leadership of Chris Bonington.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1975 British Everest South-West Face expedition | 1 |
| 1975 Everest South-West Face expedition canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19878346 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1975 Everest South-West Face expedition Context triple: [Chris Bonington, notableExpedition, 1975 Everest South-West Face expedition]
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1970 British Annapurna South Face Expedition
The 1970 British Annapurna South Face Expedition was a landmark Himalayan climbing venture led by Chris Bonington that achieved the first ascent of Annapurna’s formidable south face, pioneering modern big-wall alpine-style expeditions.
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1970 Nanga Parbat expedition
The 1970 Nanga Parbat expedition was a landmark Himalayan climbing attempt on the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat that became infamous for its extreme difficulty, tragedy, and its pivotal role in launching Reinhold Messner’s legendary mountaineering career.
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1960 Dhaulagiri expedition
The 1960 Dhaulagiri expedition was the successful mountaineering campaign that achieved the first ascent of Dhaulagiri, one of the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, in the Nepal Himalayas.
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1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition
The 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition was the mountaineering team that achieved the first successful ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain.
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1953 Nanga Parbat expedition
The 1953 Nanga Parbat expedition was the successful Austrian-German mountaineering campaign during which Hermann Buhl made the first ascent of Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1975 Everest South-West Face expedition Target entity description: The 1975 Everest South-West Face expedition was a landmark British mountaineering campaign that achieved the first successful ascent of Everest’s formidable southwest face under the leadership of Chris Bonington.
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A.
1970 British Annapurna South Face Expedition
The 1970 British Annapurna South Face Expedition was a landmark Himalayan climbing venture led by Chris Bonington that achieved the first ascent of Annapurna’s formidable south face, pioneering modern big-wall alpine-style expeditions.
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B.
1970 Nanga Parbat expedition
The 1970 Nanga Parbat expedition was a landmark Himalayan climbing attempt on the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat that became infamous for its extreme difficulty, tragedy, and its pivotal role in launching Reinhold Messner’s legendary mountaineering career.
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C.
1960 Dhaulagiri expedition
The 1960 Dhaulagiri expedition was the successful mountaineering campaign that achieved the first ascent of Dhaulagiri, one of the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, in the Nepal Himalayas.
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D.
1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition
The 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition was the mountaineering team that achieved the first successful ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain.
-
E.
1953 Nanga Parbat expedition
The 1953 Nanga Parbat expedition was the successful Austrian-German mountaineering campaign during which Hermann Buhl made the first ascent of Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Bonington
linked to: 1975 Everest South-West Face expedition