Vera Komarkova
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | 25 December 1942 Písek, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. 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]
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