![]() Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner in July 2015 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Austrian |
Born | Kirchdorf an der Krems, Austria | 13 December 1970
Occupation(s) | Mountaineer, speaker, trained nurse |
Website | www |
Climbing career | |
Known for | 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.[1][2][3] In 2012, she won the prestigious National Geographic Explorer of the Year Award.[4]