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Destivelle is widely considered one of the greatest all-around female climbers in the history of the sport. [ 6 ] [ 5 ] [ 11 ] [ 23 ] In 2014, the former editor of the Alpine Journal , Ed Douglas, called her "the world's most famous woman alpinist during the 1990s". [ 6 ]
First woman to climb the 14 eight-thousanders in alpine style, without supplemental oxygen or porters Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (born 13 December 1970) is an Austrian mountaineer . In August 2011, she became the second woman to climb the fourteen eight-thousanders and the first woman to do so without using supplemental oxygen or high-altitude porters.
Janja Garnbret (born 12 March 1999) is a Slovenian professional rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and competition climbing.She has won multiple competition lead climbing and competition bouldering events, two Olympic gold medals, and is widely regarded as the greatest competition climber of all time.
Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, The World's Most Feared Mountain. New York: William Morrow. "Review of BBC documentary". Inside Story – Alison's Last Mountain'. Archived from the original on 17 June 2006. Rose, David; Douglas, Ed (2000). Regions of the Heart: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves ...
Born in Paris, Mauduit arrived in the French Alps at age five and started climbing at the age of 15. After several difficult routes in the Alps, she focused her attention on the Andes, and then the Himalayas, where she climbed K2 (1992; fourth woman overall), Shisha Pangma (1993), Cho Oyu (1993), Lhotse (1996; first woman solo with no proof she made it to the summit), Manaslu (1996), and ...
A British climber and a Nepali guide have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, hiking officials said on Sunday. Rakesh Gurung, director of Nepal ...
Cathy O'Dowd (born 1968) is a South African rock climber, mountaineer, author and motivational speaker. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both the south and north sides on 25 May 1996 and 29 May 1999, respectively. [1] [2] O’Dowd grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, and attended St. Andrew's School for Girls ...
A Boulder, Colorado, woman died Sunday while free solo climbing a ridge at Rocky Mountain National Park — and falling approximately 500 feet. The 26-year-old was found on Ypsilon Mountain at the ...