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Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Austrian mountaineer
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (born 13 December ) is an Austrian mountaineer.
Gerlinde kaltenbrunner biography of abraham Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (born 13 December ) is an Austrian mountaineer. In August , 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.In August , 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.[1][2][3] In , she won the prestigious National Geographic Explorer of the Year Award.[4]
Mountaineering
Her interest in mountain climbing developed at a young age, and by the age of 13, she had completed climbing tours at the local Sturzhahn.
As she pursued her nursing training in Vienna, Austria, she continued to hone her skills by participating in numerous ski, ice- and rock-climbing tours. At the age of 32, Kaltenbrunner climbed her fourth m peak, Nanga Parbat, and decided to pursue professional mountain climbing full-time.[5]
Eight-thousanders
Together with Edurne Pasaban and Nives Meroi she is one of only three women who have climbed the fourteen eight-thousanders.
Kaltenbrunner climbs without supplemental oxygen, which makes her the first woman to officially reach all fourteen eight-thousanders without the use of supplementary oxygen.[6]
She summited Broad Peak on 12 July , together with Edurne Pasaban.
Biography of isaac Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountain climber, one of the first women to climb all 14 of the world’s ‘eight-thousanders’—peaks 26, feet (8, meters) and higher—and the first woman to do so without using supplemental oxygen-breathing apparatus. Learn more about Kaltenbrunner’s life and career.On 1 May , Kaltenbrunner summited Dhaulagiri, as did Pasaban. At that time both downplayed the aspect of a race between them for the first woman to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders.
On 6 August , Fredrik Ericsson joined Kaltenbrunner on the way to the summit of K2. Ericsson fell 1, metres (3,&#;ft) and was killed.
Kaltenbrunner, who saw Ericsson fall, aborted her summit attempt.[7]
Kaltenbrunner had previously attempted to climb K2 six times [1] and finally succeeded on 23 August , during her seventh expedition to the mountain.[8] National Geographic supported the expedition and provided an account of the epic North Pillar climb.[9]
Personal life
In , she married her mountaineering partner Ralf Dujmovits,[10] from whom she later divorced.