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A man who climbed Mount Everest to install a defibrillator there says the device wound up saving a woman’s life just three weeks afterward.

David Sullivan, 62, made the journey to the Himalayas to place the lifesaving device on the mountain.

He believes it is the world's highest-positioned defibrillator, sitting more than 16,000 feet above sea level, according to news agency SWNS.

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After losing four close friends — all under age 45 — to sudden cardiac arrest, Sullivan founded Code Blue CPR.

He began traveling the globe as an advocate to provide CPR training and install life-saving equipment in hard-to-reach places.

Earlier this year, Sullivan climbed to an

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