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First woman to climb the higher 8,000ers

First woman to climb the higher 8,000ers
Who
Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar (Basque)
What
First
Where
Not Applicable
When
18 May 2009

The first woman to conquer the higher 8,000ers was Basque Spanish climber Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar, who made her ascents between 23 May 2001 and 18 May 2009.

All but one of Pasaban's climbs were achieved without the use of supplementary oxygen - she resorted to using bottled oxygen on Everest. Her climbs of the higher 8,000ers: Everest – 23 May 2001 Makalu – 16 May 2002 Lhotse – 26 May 2003 K2 – 26 July 2004 Kangchenjunga – 18 May 2009