• Austrian woman claims Himalayas climbing record
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[QUOTE][B]An Austrian has become the first woman to reach all 14 Himalayan summits above 8,000m (26,000 ft) without using bottled oxygen.[/B]Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, 40, set the record after conquering the treacherous K2, her husband said. "She is over the moon," he said on [URL="http://www.gerlinde-kaltenbrunner.at/en/neuigkeiten/"]Mrs Kaltenbrunner's website[/URL]. Mrs Kaltenbrunner, a nurse, is only the third woman to reach all 14 highest summits, but the first two climbers used supplemental oxygen. "SUMMIT!!! At 6:18pm local time, Gerlinde reached the summit of K2," her husband Ralf Dujmovits said on the climber's website on Tuesday. The Austrian was accompanied by three other climbers to the top of the 8,611m mountain - the world's second tallest after Mount Everest. "Gerlinde is over the moon and can't believe how lucky they were to reach the summit TOGETHER in this fantastic weather, despite the difficult conditions during the ascent," Mr Dujmovits added. Mrs Kaltenbrunner had previously failed six times to reach the top of K2.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14641414[/url] [QUOTE][U] [B]without using bottled oxygen[/B].[/U][/QUOTE][URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14641414"] [/URL]
Holy shit.
I remember that top gear episode in which they had to return because they couldn't breath properly. This must've been much worse than that.
More manly than me.
My uncle has climbed every 8000th mountain so far except the highest one without liquid oxygen. He said it's like being "high" all the time, you start to hallucinate like crazy.
What a tall tale
[QUOTE=SwizzChees;31915648]My uncle has climbed every 8000th mountain so far except the highest one without liquid oxygen. He said it's like being "high" all the time, you start to hallucinate like crazy.[/QUOTE] I guess it also reduces your aging. Your uncle will life slightly longer :v:
[QUOTE=SwizzChees;31915648]My uncle has climbed every 8000th mountain so far except the highest one without liquid oxygen. He said it's like being "high" all the time, you start to hallucinate like crazy.[/QUOTE] next time I'm out of weed, I'm just gonna climb some mountains
I've climbed Galdhøpiggen at 2469 metres (8100 ft) - it's Norway's, Scandinavias and I believe even northern Europe's highest mountain. My proudest sporting feat.
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