Jump to content

Joëlle Brupbacher

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Iridescent (talk | contribs) at 20:40, 27 December 2016 (→top: Typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: 8485 meter → 8485-meter using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Joëlle Brupbacher (3 August 1978 – 22 May 2011) was a Swiss mountaineer.

Brupbacher lived in Muri bei Bern and was employed as an IT specialist with Swiss Federal Railways.[1] She was the first Swiss woman to climb five of the fourteen eight-thousanders.[2]

After reaching the summit of the Makalu, an 8485-meter-high mountain in Nepal, and descending to Camp 4 on 21 May, Brupbacher died of acute mountain sickness (AMS) in her tent at Camp 3 at an altitude of 7400 m on the 22 May 2011.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Schulthess, Adrian (27 May 2011). "Drama am Makalu: Berner Alpinistin stirbt am 5. Achttausender". Blick. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Schweizer Alpinistin kommt im Himalaya-Massiv ums Leben". Neue Zürcher Zeitung / SDA. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Swiss female mountaineer claimed by Makalu". Explorersweb.com. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joëlle_Brupbacher&oldid=756945000"