- ⢠First womanâand only the fourth climber everâto summit all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen or high-altitude porters
- ⢠Though the two climbers are friends, Kaltenbrunnerâs path to high places has been very different from Edurne Pasabanâs record-breaking feat
- ⢠Positive, uplifting account of a remarkable athlete
Effusive, charismatic, tough, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is one of the worldâs most successful high-altitude mountaineers and the first woman to climb all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygenââand she also eschews high-altitude porters.
Mountains in My Heart covers her early years learning to climb in Austria, her personal life, her training as an oncology nurse, and her ever-present passion for mountains, especially the Himalaya. Her love of being in the mountains shines through in her writing: For Gerlinde the important thing was not the race to be the first woman to climb the 8,000-meter peaks, but rather to experience the mountains and climb them in her self-sufficient style. Self-sufficiency did not, however, mean climbing without her husband, Ralf Dujmovits; in 2009, Lhotse became her twelfth and his fourteenth 8,000-meter peak!
Kaltenbrunner shares the challenges, dangers, and euphoria of her high-altitude climbs, detailing medical emergencies and her own feelings about being high in the mountains. Her writing is honest, captivating, and unrestrained.
Categories:
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Memoirs
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Author : Kaltenbrunner, Gerlinde
Language : English
Edition : Ist
Published :2014-05-21
Number Of Pages : 304
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 159485856X
ISBN-13 : 9781594858567
Item weight : 1.01 lb
Dimensions : 1.02 in x 6.02 in x 8.86 in
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