Joëlle Brupbacher (3 August 1978 – 22 May 2011) was a Swiss mountaineer.

Brupbacher lived in Muri bei Bern and was employed as an IT specialist with Swiss Federal Railways.[1] She was the first Swiss woman to climb five of the fourteen eight-thousanders.[2]

After reaching the summit of the Makalu, an 8485-metre-high mountain in Nepal, and descending to Camp 4 on 21 May, Brupbacher died of acute mountain sickness (AMS) in her tent at Camp 3 at an altitude of 7400 m on the 22 May 2011.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Schulthess, Adrian (27 May 2011). "Drama am Makalu: Berner Alpinistin stirbt am 5. Achttausender". Blick. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Schweizer Alpinistin kommt im Himalaya-Massiv ums Leben". Neue Zürcher Zeitung / SDA. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Swiss female mountaineer claimed by Makalu". Explorersweb.com. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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