Stacy Allison (born 1958), raised in
Woodburn, Oregon
Woodburn is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. Incorporated in 1889, the community had been platted in 1871 after the arrival of the railroad. The city is located in the northern end of the Willamette Valley between Portland and Sal ...
,
is the first American woman to reach the summit of
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow ...
, the world's highest mountain, which she did on September 29, 1988.
Most impressively she led a successful expedition that summited K2 on July 7, 1993 including Phil Powers, Jim Haberl, and Dan Culver (who died on the descent).
Biography
Stacy Allison began climbing while a biology student at
Oregon State University
Oregon State University (OSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degree ...
. She attempted her first major climb at age 21 on
Mount Huntington. Her climbing partner broke his ax only 200 feet from the top, and they were forced to turn around. She continued climbing, and in 1988 became the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. She was later part of a team that marked the
first successful all women ascent of
Dablam, 22,495 ft.
She is the co-author with
Peter Ames Carlin
Peter Ames Carlin (born March 13, 1963) is an American journalist, critic and biographer who has written for publications such as ''People'' magazine, ''The New York Times Magazine'', '' The Los Angeles Times Magazine'', and ''The Oregonian''. Seve ...
of ''Beyond the Limits: A Woman's Triumph on Everest'' and the author of ''Many Mountains to Climb: Reflections on Competence, Courage, and Commitment''.
See also
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List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
Mount Everest, at is currently the world's highest mountain and is 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 people summited Everes ...
References
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American summiters of Mount Everest
Living people
1958 births