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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 ]
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.
Anna Gutu [a] (1990 or 1991 – October 7, 2023) was a Ukrainian-American climber and high-altitude mountaineer. She is known for her pursuit to become the first American woman, and the third overall American climber, to climb all 14 of the eight-thousanders (which are peaks above 8,000 meters in elevation).
Barbara Zangerl (born 24 May 1988) is an Austrian rock climber who is widely considered as one of the best all-round female climbers in the world. At various stages in her career, she has climbed at, or just below, the highest climbing grades achieved by a female in every major rock climbing discipline, including bouldering , traditional ...
The only woman to have scaled Mount Everest 10 times is making easy work of a steep hill in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. On a blistering July day, Lhakpa Sherpa — whose remarkable story is told ...
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 ...
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.
Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita climbed the mountain this week for a record 27th time. Only Nepali Sherpa guides have scaled the peak more times than Cool. British climber scales Everest for 17th ...