Daniel Mazur
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| Nationality | American British |
| Born | 1963 Illinois, USA |
| Education | Brandeis University & University of the West of England (PhD) University of Montana (BSW) Missoula Vocational Technical College |
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| Website | https://www.summitclimb.com/ |
| Climbing career | |
| Type of climber | Mountaineer |
| Known for | High-altitude rescues of Gary Ball, Lincoln Hall, and Rick Allen |
| First ascents | Muztagh Ata via the East Ridge (2000) |
| Major ascents | |
Daniel Lee Mazur is a mountaineer, expedition leader, and philanthropist who has ascended nine of the world's highest summits, including Mount Everest and K2. He is also known for several high altitude mountain rescues: the 1991 rescue of Roman Giutashvili from Mount Everest, the rescue of Gary Ball from K2 in 1992, the rescue in 2006 of Australian climber Lincoln Hall from Mount Everest, and the rescue of British mountaineer Rick Allen from Broad Peak in 2018.
Mazur is cited as one of America's "most successful high-altitude climbers" and in 2018 was awarded the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal "for remarkable service in the conservation of culture and nature in mountainous regions".