- Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (born
December 13 1970 , in Kirchdorf an der Krems,Austria ) is anAustria nmountaineer . In summer 2007, she married her mountaineering partnerRalf Dujmovits and lives in theBlack Forest (Germany ).Her interest in mountain climbing developed at a young age, and by age 13, she completed climbing tours at the local
Sturzhahnae . As she pursued hernursing training in Austria andVienna , she continued to hone her skills by participating in numerousski , ice, and climbing tours. At age 32, Gerlinde climbed her fifth 8000m,Nanga Parbat , and decided to pursue professional mountain climbing fulltime. [ [http://www.deuter.com/en/1222.php Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner] ] .Together with
Nives Meroi andEdurne Pasaban , she is the only woman who has climbed eleven of the fourteeneight-thousanders [ [http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/austrian_woman_climbs_11th_8000er/ climbing.com, Dhaulagiri ascent] ] .* 2008 -
Dhaulagiri
* 2007 -Broad Peak
* 2006 -Kangchenjunga
* 2005 -Gasherbrum II
* 2005 -Shisha Pangma
* 2004 -Gasherbrum I
* 2004 -Annapurna I
* 2003 -Nanga Parbat
* 2002 -Manaslu
* 2001 -Makalu
* 1998 -Cho Oyu Gerlinde has attempted yet not successfully summited
Mount Everest ,Lhotse , andK2 .She summited Broad Peak on July 12, 2007, at 12:30 a.m. local time, only one hour after
Edurne Pasaban did the same. On May 1, 2008, at 12:30 a.m. local time, Kaltenbrunner summited Dhaulagiri, as did Pasaban the same day again. Both seem to downplay the aspect of a race between them for the first woman to climb all 14 eight-thousanders.References
External links
* [http://www.gerlinde-kaltenbrunner.at/ Gerlinde Kaltenbrunners website (in German)]
* [http://himalman.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/gerlinde-kaltenbrunner-summited-dhaulagiri-gerlinde-kaltenbrunner-zdobyla-dhaulagiri-version-english-and-polish/ Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner summited Dhaulagiri. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner zdobyła Dhaulagiri. /Version english and polish/]
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