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Alison Jane Hargreaves (17 February 1962 – 13 August 1995) was a British mountaineer. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team, in 1995.
Mar 6, 2019 · Alison Hargreaves was a British climber who made history by soloing Everest and K2 in 1995. She died on K2 in a storm, along with five other mountaineers who ignored the warnings of Peter Hillary and others.
With that triumph, she became the first woman in history to conquer the Earth’s apex — 29,029 feet high — alone and without bottled oxygen. Hargreaves, one of the world’s greatest ...
Mar 8, 2022 · Alison Hargreaves was now the first woman and second climber to reach the summit of Everest without Sherpas or supplemental oxygen. “I am on top of the world and I love you dearly,” she radioed to her children upon reaching the summit.
Aug 13, 1995 · A biography of Alison Hargreaves, a British mountaineer who soloed Everest and died on K2 in 1995. The article explores her life, achievements, challenges and legacy in the context of women in sport and society.
May 15, 2020 · Fri 15 May 2020 00.00 EDT. A British woman has become the first female climber to conquer Mount Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. Alison Hargreaves, aged 33, reached the...
Alison Hargreaves was the first British woman to climb Everest without oxygen, and also the first to summit both Everest and K2 in the same year. She died on K2 in 1995, aged 33, after a blizzard on the descent.
