Lene Gammelgaard (born 18 December 1961) is a Danish climber, author, and motivational speaker. Gammelgaard is the 35th woman, and first
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also ...
n woman, to climb
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...
, reaching the summit via the South East Ridge on 10 May 1996, as part of Scott Fischer's tragic expedition. Her book ''Climbing High'' (1998) recounts the
1996 Everest disaster
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight expedition climbing, climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach ...
when a storm took the lives of
Scott Fischer
Scott Eugene Fischer (December 24, 1955 – May 11, 1996) was an American mountaineer and mountain guide. He was renowned for ascending the world's highest mountains without supplemental oxygen. Fischer and Wally Berg were the first Americans ...
,
Rob Hall
Robert Edwin Hall (14 January 1961 – 11 May 1996) was a New Zealand mountaineer. He was the head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition during which he, a fellow guide, and two clients died. A best-selling account of the expedition was ...
, and six other climbers. Her book sold over 1 million copies and was translated into 13 languages. Gammelgaard was portrayed in the film,
''Everest'' (2015), by actress .
See also
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List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's list of highest mountains, highest mountain at and thus a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This is a list of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest in the 20th century. Overall about 1,383 peop ...
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List of Mount Everest records
This article lists different records related to Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", meaning to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest.
Records
Highest number of times to reach the summit
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References
External links
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Writers from Copenhagen
Summiters of Mount Everest
Living people
20th-century Danish non-fiction writers
21st-century Danish non-fiction writers
Danish women non-fiction writers
Danish mountain climbers
1961 births
Danish female climbers
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