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Two South Africans, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, reach the summit of Mount Everest and become the first official South African
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South African History Online. (2012, May 18). Two South Africans, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, reach the summit of Mount Everest and become the first official South African. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083424
South African History Online (2012) 'Two South Africans, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, reach the summit of Mount Everest and become the first official South African', South African History Online, 18 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083424 (Accessed: 10 August 2026).
South African History Online, Two South Africans, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, reach the summit of Mount Everest and become the first official South African [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083424, (accessed 10 August 2026).
"Two South Africans, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, reach the summit of Mount Everest and become the first official South African." South African History Online, 18 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083424. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Two South Africans, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, reach the summit of Mount Everest and become the first official South African." South African History Online. May 18, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083424.
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