Alison Hargreaves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alison Hargreaves

British mountain climber

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1962

Place of Birth: Mickleover, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Aug-1995

Profession: mountaineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Alison Hargreaves

  • Alison Jane Hargreaves (17 February 1962 – 13 August 1995) was a British mountain climber.
  • Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team, in 1995.
  • She soloed all the great north faces of the Alps in a single season—a first for any climber.
  • This feat included climbing the difficult north face of the Eiger in the Alps, in 1988.
  • Hargreaves also climbed 6,812-metre (22,349 ft) Ama Dablam in Nepal.In 1995, Hargreaves intended to climb the three highest mountains in the world—Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga—unaided.
  • On 13 May 1995, she reached the summit of Everest without the aid of Sherpas or bottled oxygen; on 13 August, she died while descending from the summit of K2.

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