Vera Komarkova

Vera Komarkova
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1942-12-25)25 December 1942
Písek, Czechoslovakia
Died 25 May 2005(2005-05-25) (aged 62)
Leysin, Switzerland
Climbing career
Type of climber Mountaineering
Known for First female ascent of Annapurna and Cho Oyu
Updated on 13 March 2013.

Vera Komarkova (Czech: Věra Komárková) (25 December 1942 - 25 May 2005) was a mountaineer and botanist who is most famous for being the first woman to summit Annapurna. To raise funds for the 1978 expedition, the team sold T-shirts with the slogan "A woman's place is on top". The T-shirts sales raised $60,000, which was over 75% of the estimated costs of the expedition.[1][2][3][4][5]

In the 1970s, Komarkova moved to Boulder, Colorado, and earned a PhD in plant ecology.[6]

Death

Komarkova died on May 25, 2005 at her home in Leysin, Switzerland of complications of breast cancer treatment.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Monica Potts (26 June 2005). "Vera Komarkova, Mountaineer, Dies at 62". New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  2. ↑ A. Ceska, ed. (18 August 2005). "Botanical Electronic News" (350). Victoria, B.C. ISSN 1188-603X. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Brendan Leonard (13 March 2013). "Historical Badass: Climber Vera Komarkova". Adventure Journal. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Vera Komarkova". The Times. 21 June 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  5. ↑ American Alpine Club. The American Alpine Journal. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 9781933056326.
  6. ↑ Stephen Goodwin (15 June 2005). "Vera Komarkova: Pioneer of women's mountaineering". Independent. Retrieved 13 March 2013.


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