In 1986 she became the first woman to successfully climb K2, which she did without supplemental oxygen, as part of a small expedition led by Lilliane and Maurice Barrard.
1986 m. ji tapo pirmąja moterimi, sėkmingai įkopusia ir nusileidusia nuo K2 (nenaudojant papildomo deguonies) su nedidele ekspedicija, kuriai vadovavo Liliana ir Morisas Bararai.