Carlos Carsolio

Carlos Carsolio (born October 4, 1962 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican mountaineer . He is the first Mexican and the fourth person ever to have managed to climb all eight-thousanders , i.e. all 14 mountains on earth with a height of over 8,000 meters . It took him less than eleven years. When he was standing on his 14th eight-thousander, he was 33 years old, making him the youngest 14 eight-thousander to graduate; Carsolio was undercut in 2002 by the Spaniard Alberto Iñurrategi , who in turn has meanwhile been undercut several times (see the list of climbers who have climbed all eight-thousanders ). The Polish mountaineer Wanda Rutkiewicz was killed on the tour up the Kangchenjunga in 1992 .

Carsolio works as a motivational speaker and entrepreneur .

Ascent of the eight-thousanders

Carsolio climbed the eight-thousanders in the following order:

• July 13th, 1985: Nanga Parbat (8125 m)
• 07/18/1987: Shishapangma (8027 m)
• October 12, 1988: Makalu (8485 m)
• 13.10.1989: Mount Everest (8848 m)
• May 12, 1992: Kangchenjunga (8586 m)
• 06/13/1993: K2 (8611 m)
• April 26th, 1994: Cho Oyu (8188 m)
• May 13th, 1994: Lhotse (8516 m)
• July 9th, 1994: Broad Peak (8051 m)
• April 29, 1995: Annapurna (8091 m)
• May 15th, 1995: Dhaulagiri (8167 m)
• July 4th, 1995: Gasherbrum II (8034 m)
• 07/15/1995: Hidden Peak (8080 m)
• May 12th, 1996: Manaslu (8163 m)

Web links

• Carlos Carsolio's website (Spanish / English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski : Climbers who have ascended to the summits of all of the world's 14 mountains over 8000 meters. ( PDF , approx. 11  KB ) October 22, 2011, accessed on May 12, 2012 (English). 
2. ^ Carlos Carsolio's website. Retrieved August 10, 2010 (Spanish / English). 
3. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Nanga Parbat. ( PDF , approx. 49 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Shisha Pangma. ( PDF , approx. 55 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
5. ↑ Erhard Loretan : Makalu . In: The American Alpine Journal . 1989, p. 192 ( online on the American Alpine Club website as PDF , approx. 6.3 MB [accessed on August 10, 2010]).
6. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Everest. ( PDF , approx. 355 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
7. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Kangchenjunga. ( PDF , approx. 42 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
8. ^ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - K2. ( PDF , approx. 48 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
9. ↑ Elizabeth Hawley : Cho Oyu from the North in the Pre-Monsoon . In: The American Alpine Journal . 1995, p. 304 f . ( Online on the American Alpine Club website as PDF , approx. 2.1 MB [accessed on August 10, 2010]).
10. ↑ Elizabeth Hawley: Lhotse . In: The American Alpine Journal . 1995, p. 233 ( online on the American Alpine Club website as PDF , approx. 4.9 MB [accessed on August 10, 2010]).
11. ↑ Broad Peak. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b} About Nepal Himalayas. ( PDF , approx. 1.95 MB ) Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal, archived from the original on August 16, 2010 ; accessed on August 8, 2010 . 
13. ↑ Elizabeth Hawley: Dhaulagiri I, Ascents and Tragedy . In: The American Alpine Journal . 1996, p. 270 ( online on the American Alpine Club website as PDF , approx. 3.7 MB [accessed on August 10, 2010]).
14. ↑ Gasherbrum II . In: The American Alpine Journal . 1996, p. 291 ( online on the American Alpine Club website as PDF , approx. 3.3 MB [accessed on August 10, 2010]).
15. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Gasherbrum I. ( PDF , approx. 57 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .