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Nationality | American, Czech |
Born | Písek, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 25 December 1942
Died | 25 May 2005 Leysin, Switzerland | (aged 62)
Education | Univerzita Karlova University of Colorado |
Climbing career | |
Type of climber | Mountaineering |
Known for | First female ascent of Annapurna and Cho Oyu |
Updated on 20 September 2017 |
Vera Komarkova (Czech: Věra Komárková) (25 December 1942 - 25 May 2005) was a prominent Czech-American mountaineer and botanist. Credited as a pioneer of women's mountaineering, she was the first woman to summit Annapurna and Cho Oyu.