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Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

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Born: December 13, 1970
Kirchdorf an der Krems, Austria
Biography

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (born 13 December 1970) is an Austrian mountaineer. In August 2011, she became the second woman to climb the fourteen eight-thousanders and the first woman to do so without using supplemental oxygen or high-altitude porters. In 2012, she won the prestigious National Geographic Explorer of the Year Award.