num_pages: 303
description: - First woman--and only the fourth climber ever--to summit all fourteen 8000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen or high-altitude porters- Though the two climbers are friends Kaltenbrunner's path to high places has been very different from Edurne Pasaban's record-breaking feat- Positive uplifting account of a remarkable athleteEffusive charismatic tough Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is one of the world's most successful high-altitude mountaineers and the first woman to climb all fourteen 8000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen----and she also eschews high-altitude porters.Mountains in My Heart covers her early years learning to climb in Austria her personal life her training as an oncology nurse and her ever-present passion for mountains especially the Himalaya. Her love of being in the mountains shines through in her writing: For Gerlinde the important thing was not the race to be the first woman to climb the 8000-meter peaks but rather to experience the mountains and climb them in her self-sufficient style. Self-sufficiency did not however mean climbing without her husband Ralf Dujmovits; in 2009 Lhotse became her twelfth and his fourteenth 8000-meter peak!Kaltenbrunner shares the challenges dangers and euphoria of her high-altitude climbs detailing medical emergencies and her own feelings about being high in the mountains. Her writing is honest captivating and unrestrained.
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title: Mountains in My Heart: A Passion for Climbing
publisher: Mountaineers Books