Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (born 13 December 1970, Kirchdorf an der Krems, Austria)^{[citation needed]} is an Austrian mountaineer. In August 2011, she became the second woman to climb the fourteen eight-thousanders, and the first woman to do so without the use of supplementary oxygen.

• Eight-thousandersTogether with Edurne Pasaban she is one of only two women who have climbed the fourteen eight-thousanders. Kaltenbrunner climbs without supplemental oxygen, which makes her the first woman to officially reach all fourteen eight-thousanders without the use of supplementary oxygen.^[4] Ms. Oh Eun-Sun claimed to be the first female mountaineer to summit all fourteen eight-thousanders. However, her claim has been listed as "disputed" due to the controversy surrounding her climb on Kangchenjunga.
  
  • 1998 – Cho Oyu
  • 2001 – Makalu
  • 2002 – Manaslu
  • 2003 – Nanga Parbat
  • 2004 – Annapurna I
  • 2004 – Gasherbrum I
  • 2005 – Shisha Pangma
  • 2005 – Gasherbrum II
  • 2006 – Kangchenjunga
  • 2007 – Broad Peak
  • 2008 – Dhaulagiri
  • 2009 – Lhotse
  • 2010 – Mount Everest
  • 2011 – K2

Together with Edurne Pasaban she is one of only two women who have climbed the fourteen eight-thousanders.

•  Kaltenbrunner climbs without supplemental oxygen, which makes her the first woman to officially reach all fourteen eight-thousanders without the use of supplementary oxygen.
•  Ms. Oh Eun-Sun claimed to be the first female mountaineer to summit all fourteen eight-thousanders. However, her claim has been listed as "disputed" due to the controversy surrounding her climb on Kangchenjunga.