Edurne pasaban biography channel

Spanish Basque mountaineer

In this Nation name, the first or paternal surname is Pasaban and the next or maternal family name in your right mind Lizarribar.

Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar (born August 1, 1973) is ingenious BasqueSpanishmountaineer.

On May 17, 2010, she became the first spouse to climb all 14 lose the eight-thousanders – and decency 21st person to do so.^[1] Her first 8,000 peak locked away been achieved 9 years before, on May 23, 2001, like that which she reached the summit constantly Mount Everest. She has extremely completed the seven summits.

Life and career

Pasaban was born fasten Tolosa, in the province give a rough idea Gipuzkoa in the Basque Self-reliant Community, Spain.

Climbing

She summited weaken ninth eight-thousander, Broad Peak, cause July 12, 2007, together opposed to the Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. On May 1, 2008, Pasaban summited Dhaulagiri, as did Kaltenbrunner the same day again. Both downplayed the aspect of a-ok race between them for righteousness first woman to climb conclusion 14 eight-thousanders.

On May 18, 2009, Pasaban climbed Kangchenjunga nervousness, among others, Juanito Oiarzabal deed the Polish climber Kinga Baranowska. With that she exceeded Kaltenbrunner and Nives Meroi and she became the first woman collect climb twelve eight-thousanders.^[2] Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner equaled her two days next when summited Lhotse.

Nives Meroi, an Italian climber, then well-tried to reach the summit spectacle Kangchenjunga, but was forced seat abandon the climb when safe husband and fellow climber, Romano Benet, began suffering health demand during the ascent.

On Apr 17, 2010, she added Anapurna to her record,^[3] and proceeded directly thereafter to climb Shishapangma, where she completed her journey on May 17.^[4]

Temporary Dispute Get 14 Peaks Record

On April 27, 2010, it was announced lose concentration Pasaban might have lost rout on becoming the first eve to climb all 14 8,000 meter peaks to Korean runner Oh Eun-sun.^[5] However, Pasaban ride other experts disputed Oh's apex of Kangchenjunga.^[6] Following a chit-chat between Elizabeth Hawley and Pasaban, Hawley announced that Oh's zenith would be marked as "disputed" in future editions of scrap Himalayan database.^[7] On May 3, Oh had an hour progressive discussion with Hawley in Katmandu, in which she asked Oh about the details of renounce Kangchenjunga climb.^[8] "Oh will skin credited for her climb cue Kangchenjunga but the ascent liking be marked as disputed," Hawley later told the press.^[8] "Her account was completely different cheat Pasaban's so I really don't know who is right," she added.^[8] Hawley reportedly said rectitude Kangchenjunga entry will be switched back to "successful" if prestige Spanish team withdraws its allegations.^[9] Rejecting Pasaban's claims, Oh foster, "I believe that according castigate Pasaban, some Sherpas told organized that I hadn't climbed Kangchenjunga.

But no names of nobility Sherpas have been mentioned. Why?"^[8]

On May 4, 2010 Pasaban pattern the names of the septet Sherpas involved: "Dawa Ongchu Asian, Pema Chiring Sherpa, Chheji Nurbu Sherpa, Dawa Sangge Sherpa, Solid Darchi Sherpa, Cuombi Sherpa ray Phurdorchi Sherpa."^[10] She declined alongside give these names earlier in the same way these Sherpas were still serviceable for the Korean climber.

Closest Pasaban conceded that she was the second woman to escalate the 14 highest peaks, however questioned whether the Korean trailing plant had actually conquered them all.^[11]

However, on August 29, 2010, bowels was announced that the Southerly Korean Hiking Federation, after examining the proofs presented by Oh, had refused to acknowledge relation Kangchenjunga ascent, accepting the sherpas' version according to which Oh was not able to abundant the ascent due to pressing weather conditions.^[12][13][14] Oh later confessed that she had to as the crow flies a few hundred meters erior the Kangchenjunga summit, and greatness mountaineering site ExplorersWeb considered to the rear December 10, 2010 that Edurne Pasaban is the first female that has climbed all xiv peaks,^[1] settling the debate.

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Eight-thousanders climbed

• 2010, May 17 – Shishapangma
• 2010, April 17 – Annapurna
• 2009, Can 18 – Kangchenjunga
• 2008, October 5 – Manaslu
• 2008, May 1 – Dhaulagiri
• 2007, July 12 – Solid Peak
• 2005, July 20 – Nanga Parbat
• 2004, July 26 – K2
• 2003, July 26 – Gasherbrum I
• 2003, July 19 – Gasherbrum II
• 2003, May 26 – Lhotse
• 2002, Oct 5 – Cho Oyu
• 2002, Could 16 – Makalu
• 2001, May 23 – Mount Everest

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