Ed Viesturs
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Ed Viesturs is an American high-altitude mountaineer renowned for climbing all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ed Viesturs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11807957 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Viesturs Context triple: [David Roberts, collaboratedWith, Ed Viesturs]
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A.
Fred Beckey
Fred Beckey was a legendary American mountaineer and prolific first-ascensionist renowned for his pioneering climbs throughout North America and his influential climbing guidebooks.
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B.
Douglas Honnold
Douglas Honnold was a mid-20th-century American architect known for his influential contributions to the futuristic, car-oriented Googie style that flourished in Southern California.
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C.
Robert McClory
Robert McClory was an American Republican congressman from Illinois known for his work on civil rights legislation and service on high-profile investigative committees in the 1970s.
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D.
Michael Seibel
Michael Seibel is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as a managing director and group partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of multiple influential startups.
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E.
Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer best known for his nonfiction books that investigate adventure, risk, and tragedy, including "Into the Wild" and "Into Thin Air."
- 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: Ed Viesturs Target entity description: Ed Viesturs is an American high-altitude mountaineer renowned for climbing all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen.
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A.
Fred Beckey
Fred Beckey was a legendary American mountaineer and prolific first-ascensionist renowned for his pioneering climbs throughout North America and his influential climbing guidebooks.
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B.
Douglas Honnold
Douglas Honnold was a mid-20th-century American architect known for his influential contributions to the futuristic, car-oriented Googie style that flourished in Southern California.
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C.
Robert McClory
Robert McClory was an American Republican congressman from Illinois known for his work on civil rights legislation and service on high-profile investigative committees in the 1970s.
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D.
Michael Seibel
Michael Seibel is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as a managing director and group partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of multiple influential startups.
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E.
Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer best known for his nonfiction books that investigate adventure, risk, and tragedy, including "Into the Wild" and "Into Thin Air."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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high-altitude mountaineer ⓘ human ⓘ motivational speaker ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1959-06-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf |
K2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain
NERFINISHED
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No Shortcuts to the Top NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mountain: My Time on Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedFourteenEightThousandersYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| education | University of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Viesturs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | veterinary medicine ⓘ |
| firstEightThousanderSummited | Kangchenjunga GENERATED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
daughter
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son ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory. ⓘ |
| knownFor |
climbing all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen
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high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| lastEightThousanderSummited | Annapurna I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Ed Viesturs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
completed all 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental oxygen
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completed the Endeavor 8000 project ⓘ summited Mount Everest multiple times ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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motivational speaker ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ |
| residence | Washington State, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Paula Viesturs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| summited |
Annapurna I
NERFINISHED
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Broad Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Cho Oyu NERFINISHED ⓘ Dhaulagiri NERFINISHED ⓘ Gasherbrum I NERFINISHED ⓘ Gasherbrum II NERFINISHED ⓘ K2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kangchenjunga NERFINISHED ⓘ Lhotse NERFINISHED ⓘ Makalu NERFINISHED ⓘ Manaslu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanga Parbat NERFINISHED ⓘ Shishapangma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| summitedWithoutSupplementalOxygen |
K2
NERFINISHED
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Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ all fourteen eight-thousanders ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Ed Viesturs Description of subject: Ed Viesturs is an American high-altitude mountaineer renowned for climbing all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen.
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