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| He pioneered a new route up the East Kangshung Face of Everest, considered an impossible challenge by most mountaineers before him. | He pioneered a new route up the East Kangshung Face of Everest, considered an impossible challenge by most mountaineers before him. | ||
| Stephen is also the father of the only known child in the UK to suffer from both autism and leukaemia. Stephen's son, Ollie was diagnosed with autism aged two and leukaemia aged four. After several cancer-free years, he caught a brain |
Stephen is also the father of the only known child in the UK to suffer from both autism and leukaemia. Stephen's son, Ollie (born June 1991) was diagnosed with autism aged two and leukaemia aged four. After several cancer-free years, he caught a brain tumour and died, aged twelve years old. | ||
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Stephen Venables (born 1954) is a British mountaineer and writer, who in 1988 became the first Briton to ascend to the peak of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen.
He pioneered a new route up the East Kangshung Face of Everest, considered an impossible challenge by most mountaineers before him.
Stephen is also the father of the only known child in the UK to suffer from both autism and leukaemia. Stephen's son, Ollie (born June 1991) was diagnosed with autism aged two and leukaemia aged four. After several cancer-free years, he caught a brain tumour and died, aged twelve years old.
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