Mercedes Noel "Tety" Sahores Rosauer (born September 24, 1974) is an Argentine

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

and

mountain climber Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

. She is the first Argentine woman to climb the summit of the

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ...

, on May 19, 2009.

Biography

Sahores, daughter of Luis María Sahores Gattari and his wife Marta Irene Rosauer, was born in the Neuquén Province as the youngest of four children. Her oldest brother Luis María ("Minino") died from Leukemia at the age of 20 years. Sahores attended the ''Colegio San Martín'' and afterwards the ''Instituto María Auxiliadora'' in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, until 1993. Afterwards she studied

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

at CAECE University in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

until 2000. She is member of the

National Agricultural Technology Institute The National Agricultural Technology Institute ( es, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), commonly known as INTA, is an Argentine federal extension agency in charge of the generation, adaptation and diffusion of technologies, knowledg ...

(INTA), lives in San Carlos de Bariloche.Mercedes Sahores: la neuquina que llegó más alto en el mundo

Selected results

* 2005: 1st,

South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships * ATP Buenos Aires, a tenni ...

, individual * 2009: 1st,

, individual

References

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Mercedes Sahores
at SkiMountaineering.org * 1974 births Living people Argentine female ski mountaineers Argentine mountain climbers People from Neuquén Province American summiters of Mount Everest Argentine female climbers {{Argentina-wintersport-bio-stub