Gary Ball

Gary Ian Ball (died October 1993) was a New Zealand mountaineer who summited Mount Everest twice, in 1990 and 1992.

[8] Together, Ball and Hall founded Adventure Consultants in 1991, and were among the pioneers of guided tours of Mount Everest.

He was rescued from 8300 metres altitude over the course of several days initially by Rob Hall and later by a team including Dan Mazur, Scott Fischer, Ed Viesturs, Neal Beidleman and Jon Pratt.

[12] Ball died in October 1993 after coming down with high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) while climbing Himalayan mountain Dhaulagiri with Hall.

[3] Ball peak is a mountain 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) tall at the head of Loftus Glacier in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica.