On May 8, 1978, the first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. The year's #1 song was "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb. Antonio de Nigris, Mirka Federer, Anamaria Marinca would arrive in the same year.
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The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. 86 m.
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade.
1978—The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
Earth's highest mountain
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. 86 m.
