03 Aug 13th 8000 for Oh Eun Sun
The South-Korean female alpinist Oh Eun-sun summited GI today August 3 : she departed C3 at 7,200m at 01:15am and she topped out after 12 hours climbing without supplementary O2. Eun-sun is expected back in BC tomorrow.
She has now just Annapurna left to complete the 14x8000ers list : Miss Oh’s summited this year Kangchenjunga, Dhaulagiri, Nanga Parbat and GI and is now on top of the female 14x8000ers race ranking, with only Annapurna to complete the list, where she plans an attempt for next fall.
The Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (12x8000ers) is currently on a summit push on K2.
Oh Eun-Sun
17. 07.1997 1 GASHERBRUM 2
20. 05.2004 2 EVEREST (with O2)
03. 10.2006 3 SHISHA PANGMA
08. 05.2007 4 CHO OYU
20. 07.2007 5 K2 (with O2)
13. 05.2008 6 MAKALU
26. 05.2008 7 LHOTSE
31. 07.2008 8 BROAD PEAK
12. 10.2008 9 MANASLU
06. 05.2009 10 KANGCHENJUNGA
21. 05.2009 11 DHAULAGIRI
10.07.2009 12 NANGA PARBAT
03.08.2009 13 GASHERBRUM 1
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source: mounteverest.net