Araceli Segarra
Araceli Segarra (born March 1970 in Lleida, Spain) is the first Spanish woman to have climbed Mount Everest and the Seven Summits.[1] She has also climbed Broad Peak (1991) Shishapangma (1992), K2 (2002), Kanchenjunga (2005) and Nanga Parbat (2008).[2]
Education and personal interests
[edit | edit source]Segarra has a degree in Physiotherapy. She became interested in mountain sports at age 15 when taking a spelunking course; she also enjoys randonee skiing, rock climbing, and ice climbing.
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1996, while being filmed for the IMAX documentary, EVEREST (1998), she participated on the rescue team during the May 1996 Mount Everest disaster and is credited with the idea of marking a rescue helicopter landing location with an "X" made of red Kool-Aid.[3]
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Mountains climbed
[edit | edit source]- Mount Kosciuszko (1987)
- Kilimanjaro (1987)
- Mount Elbrus (1988)
- Aconcagua (1988)
- Mont Blanc (1989)
- Denali (1990)
- Broad Peak (1991)
- Shishapangma (1992)
- Puncak Jaya (1994)
- Mount Everest (1996)
- Vinson Massif (1999)
- K2 (2002)
- Kanchenjunga (2005)
- Nanga Parbat (2008)
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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