Edurne Pasaban is a Tolosarra born on August 1, 1973, an elite mountaineer, she will be remembered by history as The first woman to climb the 14 eight-thousanders of the globe.
His heroic feat took him nine years, from when he climbed Everest in May 2001 to when he reached the summit of Shisha Pagma in May 2010.
Edurne Pasaban, one of the most accomplished athletes in mountaineering and alpinism In Spain and around the world, he originally studied industrial technical engineering and worked for several years in the family machinery construction company while training at the Kemen center in Lazcano.
Today he is dedicated to giving lectures on personal improvement. at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, and is preparing to become a personal trainer.
In recent interviews she has stated that women are increasingly present in high-level mountaineering but that there is still a step to be taken to achieve equality.
Of course, Edurne is not only fully committed to mountaineering, but also to equality and, therefore, to society..
Edurne, At just 14 years old, he made his first serious climbs to the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Andes and the Himalayas.
Before turning 21, he already had peaks such as Mont Blanc, Cervino, Monte Rosa, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua and Guagua Pichincha on his list of achievements.
Two years ago Edurne Pasaban published Objetivo: Confianza, a book focused on coaching based on her ascent of Everest in 2011.
Eight-thousanders achieved in chronological order:
- Everest (8848 m), China/Nepal, May 23, 2001
- Makalu (8465 m), China/Nepal, May 16, 2002
- Cho Oyu (8201 m), China/Nepal, October 5, 2002
- Lhotse (8516 m), China/Nepal, May 26, 2003
- Gasherbrum II (8035 m), China/Pakistan, July 19, 2003
- Gasherbrum I (8068 m), China/Pakistan, July 26, 2003
- K2 (8611 m), China/Pakistan, July 26, 2004
- Nanga Parbat (8125 m), Pakistan, July 20, 2005
- Broad Peak (8047 m), China/Pakistan, July 12, 2007
- Dhaulagiri (8167 m), Nepal, May 1, 2008
- Manaslu (8156 m), Nepal, October 5, 200820
- Kangchenjunga (8598 m), India/Nepal, May 18, 2009
- Annapurna (8091 m), Nepal, April 17, 2010
- Shisha Pangma (8027 m), Tibet, May 17, 2010
Edurne Pasaban and the Ascent of K2
We want to share with you a series of videos (in Spanish, subtitled in Italian) that illustrate Edurne Pasaban's ascent of K2, an imposing mass of 8,611 meters high, the second giant of the Earth and a temple of mountaineering.
Edurne, at that time, had already summited six eight-thousanders and could become the first woman to climb K2. A true demonstration of physical effort, preparation, risk and adverse weather conditions.
