Carlos Carsolio

Carlos Carsolio (born 1962) is Mexico's most successful alpinist. He was the fourth person (and the first non-European) ever to summit all fourteen of the eight-thousanders. To date, he is the youngest person to achieve this feat.

Carsolio climbs in the alpine style, with no fixed ropes or supplementary oxygen.

He is also a trained paraglider and a motivational speaker.

Eight-thousanders climbed

Of these, he climbed the following peaks solo:

* Makalu
* Kangchenjunga
* Cho Oyu (summitted from base camp in 18 hours and 45 minutes, a world record)
* Lhotse (another world record - achieved in 23 hours and 50 minutes)
* Broad Peak (new route - Carsolio became only the fifth man ever to solo a new route on an eight-thousander)
* Dhaulagiri

During his climb of Kangchenjunga, he became the last person to see Wanda Rutkiewicz alive.

External links

* http://outside.away.com/peaks/viesturs/carsolio.html
* http://www.carsolio.com.mx/intro.html
* http://outside.away.com/outside/disc/guest/carsolio/profile.html
* http://www.vertimania.com.mx/8000s_mexicanos/biografias/carlos_carsolio.htm (Spanish)