Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
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Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is an Austrian
Austrians
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 mountaineer
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. In August 2011, she became the second woman to climb the fourteen eight-thousanders, and the first woman to do so without the use of supplementary oxygen.

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
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 training in Austria and Vienna
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, she continued to hone her skills by participating in numerous ski
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, ice- and rock-climbing tours. At the age of 32, Gerlinde climbed her fourth 8000m peak, Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat is the ninth highest mountain on Earth, the second highest mountain in Pakistan and among the eight-thousanders with a summit elevation of 8,126 meters...

, and decided to pursue professional mountain climbing full time.

Eight-thousanders

Together with Edurne Pasaban
Edurne Pasaban
Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar is a Basque Spanish mountaineer, from the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country. On May 17, 2010, she became the 21st person and the first woman to climb all of the fourteen eight-thousander peaks in the World...

 she is one of only two 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. Ms. Oh Eun-Sun
Oh Eun-Sun
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 claimed to be the first female mountaineer to summit all fourteen eight-thousanders. However, her claim has been listed as "disputed" due to the controversy surrounding her climb on Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga
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.
  • 1998 – Cho Oyu
    Cho Oyu
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  • 2001 – Makalu
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  • 2002 – Manaslu
    Manaslu
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  • 2003 – Nanga Parbat
    Nanga Parbat
    Nanga Parbat is the ninth highest mountain on Earth, the second highest mountain in Pakistan and among the eight-thousanders with a summit elevation of 8,126 meters...

  • 2004 – Annapurna I
  • 2004 – Gasherbrum I
    Gasherbrum I
    Gasherbrum I , also known as Hidden Peak or K5, is the 11th highest peak on Earth, located on the Pakistan-China border in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and Xinjiang region of China. Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya...

  • 2005 – Shisha Pangma
  • 2005 – Gasherbrum II
    Gasherbrum II
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  • 2006 – Kangchenjunga
    Kangchenjunga
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  • 2007 – Broad Peak
    Broad Peak
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  • 2008 – Dhaulagiri
    Dhaulagiri
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  • 2009 – Lhotse
    Lhotse
    Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth and is connected to Everest via the South Col. In addition to the main summit at 8,516 metres above sea level, Lhotse Middle is and Lhotse Shar is...

  • 2010 – Mount Everest
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  • 2011 – K2
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She summited Broad Peak on July 12, 2007, together with Edurne Pasaban. On May 1, 2008, 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 August 6, 2010, Fredrik Ericsson
Fredrik Ericsson
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 joined Kaltenbrunner on the way to the summit of K2. Ericsson fell 1000 metres (3,280.8 ft) and was killed. Kaltenbrunner, who saw Ericsson fall, aborted her summit attempt.

Kaltenbrunner had previously attempted to climb K2 six times, and finally succeeded on August 23, 2011, on her seventh expedition to the mountain.

Personal life

In 2007, she married her mountaineering partner Ralf Dujmovits
Ralf Dujmovits
Ralf Dujmovits is a German mountaineer. On 20 May 2009 he reached the summit of Lhotse, becoming the 16th person to climb the 14 eight-thousanders...

. She lives in the Black Forest
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, Germany
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