Alexander Barber is a high altitude mountaineer whose tick list is characterized by solo ascents, without sherpa support, and without supplemental oxygen. These include Cho Oyu, Manaslu, and most recently an attempt on Annapurna which was cut short by the Nepal Earthquake. Alex is member of the American Mountain Guides Association and formally a guide for Rainier Mountaineering.
I think anyone who summited with bottled oxygen - they may have gotten to the top, but they didn’t actually climb the mountain. They didn’t meet the mountain.
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