Alison Hargreaves

Alison Hargreaves
Hargreaves and Jeff Lowe climbing Kangtega, 1 May 1986
Personal information
Born(1962-02-17)17 February 1962
Derbyshire, England
Died13 August 1995(1995-08-13) (aged 33)
K2, Pakistan
ChildrenTom Ballard Kate Ballard
Climbing career
Type of climberMountaineering
Known forFirst female unaided ascent of Mount Everest, completing the first solo ascents of the six alpine north faces in a single summer season
North face of the Eiger

Alison Jane Hargreaves (17 February 1962 – 13 August 1995) was a British mountaineer. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team, in 1995. She soloed all the great north faces of the Alps in a single season—a first for any climber. This feat included climbing the difficult north face of the Eiger in the Alps. Hargreaves also climbed 6,812-metre (22,349 ft) Ama Dablam in Nepal.[1][2]

In 1995, Hargreaves intended to climb the three highest mountains in the world—Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjungaunaided. On 13 May 1995, she became the first woman to reach summit of Everest without the aid of Sherpas or bottled oxygen;[3] on 13 August, she died while descending from the summit of K2.[2][4][5]

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  3. ^ Salam, Maya (15 March 2018). "Overlooked No More: Alison Hargreaves, Who Conquered Everest Solo and Without Bottled Oxygen (Published 2018)". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  4. ^ Maya Salam (14 March 2018). "Overlooked No More: Alison Hargreaves, Who Conquered Everest Solo and Without Bottled Oxygen". New York Times.
  5. ^ Alison Hargreaves Biographical entry from EverestNews.com

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