Willie Benegas

Willie Benegas or Guillermo Benegas is an Argentine / US mountain climber. He has been climbing for over 25 years and has climbed Mount Everest and Anacongua many times and also climbed many volcanos in Guatemala. He is from Argentina (Puerto Pirámides, Chubut State) but now lives in the United States State of Utah. In 2005, while working as a Mountain Madness guide, he was noted as being well liked and respected at EBC, and being quick to help others. He and his brother won an award in 2003 for pioneering "The Crystal Snake" route on Nuptse. He has also climbed himalayan mountains Cho Oyu and Makalu. In an interview with one Everest climber, he recounted how Benegas went into the "dead bodies tent" to save the life a man others had given up on. That is to say they expected him to die due to various injuries and had fluid coming out of his mouth; however, Willie managed to make an airway and rallied a group of Sherpa's to carry him down. Within the hour they had gotten him down and helicopter evacuated out the next day. (This was during the 2015 Mount Everest avalanches and earthquake)

Everest summits: (11 times)