João Garcia

João José Silva Abranches Garcia (born June 11, 1967 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese mountaineer . He is the first Portuguese and the 19th person ever to have managed to climb all eight-thousanders , i.e. all 14 mountains in the world with a height of over 8,000 meters . He completely renounced the use of bottled oxygen; only nine others had done this before him.

Garcia organizes and leads mountaineering tours. He has already published three books on the subject and his film footage of the peaks is the basis for television documentaries.

First ascent of the eight-thousanders

Garcia climbed the eight-thousanders in the following order:

• 24.09.1993: Cho Oyu (8188 m)
• 24.09.1994: Dhaulagiri (8167 m)
• May 18, 1999: Mount Everest (8848 m)
• July 4th, 2001: Gasherbrum II (8034 m)
• 07/26/2004: Hidden Peak (8080 m)
• May 21, 2005: Lhotse (8516 m)
• May 22, 2006: Kangchenjunga (8586 m)
• October 31, 2006: Shishapangma (8027 m)
• 07/20/2007: K2 (8611 m)
• May 19, 2008: Makalu (8485 m)
• 07/17/2008: Broad Peak (8051 m)
• April 28, 2009: Manaslu (8163 m)
• July 10th, 2009: Nanga Parbat (8125 m)
• April 17th, 2010: Annapurna (8091 m)

Publications

• João Garcia: A Mais Alta Solidão (The Highest Solitude) . With a foreword by Miguel Sousa Tavares. Caderno, 2007, ISBN 978-972-41-5063-5 (Portuguese).
• João Garcia: Mais Além (Going Further) . Caderno, 2007 (Portuguese).
• João Garcia, Rui Nabeiro: 10 Passos para Chegar ao Topo (10 Steps to Get to The Top) . 2009, ISBN 978-989-23-0660-5 (Portuguese).

See also

• List of climbers who have climbed all eight-thousanders

Web links

• João Garcia's website
• João Garcia's profile at everesthistory.com

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. 15  kB ) Retrieved on July 30, 2010 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} João Garcia parte para escalar o Annapurna e finalizar os 14 cumes. (No longer available online.) In: altamontanha.com. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 4, 2010 (Portuguese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Everest. (PDF; approx. 355 kB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Gasherbrum I. (PDF; approx. 57 kB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
5. ↑ Elizabeth Hawley : The Himalayan Database. Ascents - Spring 2005 (continued). Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
6. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Kangchenjunga. (PDF; approx. 42 kB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
7. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Shisha Pangma. (PDF; approx. 55 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. ↑ Himalaya wrap-up: Makalu summits - more to come on Lhotse and Annapurna? In: explorersweb.com. May 19, 2008, accessed August 5, 2010 . 
10. ^ Explorers Web Week in Review. In: explorersweb.com. July 20, 2008, accessed August 5, 2010 . 
11. ↑ Elizabeth Hawley: The Himalayan Database. Ascents - Spring 2009 (continued). Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
12. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Nanga Parbat. (PDF; approx. 49 kB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
13. ↑ Annapurna summit push watch: SUMMITS! In: explorersweb.com. April 17, 2010, accessed August 5, 2010 .