death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title education name occupation
gasherbrum ii , pakistan july 22 , 2011 karaj , iran iran feb 17 , 1970 leila esfandyari
 bachelor of microbiology leila esfandyari climber
leila esfandyari

leila esfandyari -lrb- , born 1970 in iran -- died july 22 , 2011 , gasherbrum ii , pakistan -rrb- was an iranian mountain climber .
leila is the first iranian woman to scale the summit of nanga parbat on the himalayas , the world 's ninth highest peak with an altitude of 8,125 metres and one of the deadliest peaks .
leila is regarded as a pioneer in the women 's mountain climbing movement , being one of few women in the world to have completed a similar attempt .
