First woman to climb all 8,000-m mountains without supplementary oxygen (legacy)

First woman to climb all 8,000-m mountains without supplementary oxygen (legacy)
Who
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
What
14 first
Where
Not Applicable ()
When
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (Austria) summited K2 on 23 August 2011 – her seventh attempt at the second-highest mountain on Earth – and in doing so secured her fourteenth "8,000-er" climbed without supplemental oxygen. The 8,000-ers are the 14 mountains situated beyond 8,000 m (26,247 ft) above sea level, all of which are located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia. Kaltenbrunner is only the second woman confirmed to have conquered all 8,000-ers, but is the first to do so without the benefit of bottled oxygen.