- Ginette Harrison
Ginette Harrison (
28 February 1958 -24 October 1999 ) was a professional climber of British origin. She also lived inAustralia and theUnited States .She studied medicine at the
University of Bristol and later specialized inhigh altitude medicine . At age 25 she climbed Denali, the highest mountain in North America. It was the first of her series of climbs of the highest peaks on all seven continents, which includedMount Everest onOctober 7 1993 , making her only the second British woman to summit, afterRebecca Stephens . The series was completed in 1995.Her greatest feat was climbing the
Kangchenjunga by its north face on18 May 1998 , making her the first woman who has reached the summit of Kangchenjunga.She was married to
Gary Pfisterer , whom she met on her expedition to Mount Everest.She died under an avalanche when climbing
Dhaulagiri .ee also
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List of female climbers
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