Vera Komarkova

Vera Komarkova

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	25 December 1942 Písek, Czechoslovakia
Died	25 May 2005 (aged 62) 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]

See also

• Arlene Blum

References

1. Monica Potts (26 June 2005). "Vera Komarkova, Mountaineer, Dies at 62". New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
2. A. Ceska, ed. (18 August 2005). "Botanical Electronic News" (350). Victoria, B.C. ISSN 1188-603X. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
3. Brendan Leonard (13 March 2013). "Historical Badass: Climber Vera Komarkova". Adventure Journal. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
4. "Vera Komarkova". The Times. 21 June 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
5. American Alpine Club. The American Alpine Journal. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 9781933056326.
6. Stephen Goodwin (15 June 2005). "Vera Komarkova: Pioneer of women's mountaineering". Independent. Retrieved 13 March 2013.