Radek Jaroš
Personal information
Born (1964-04-29) 29 April 1964
Nové Město na Moravě, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Career
Starting age18
Family
ChildrenAndrea Jarošová, Ondřej Jaroš

Radek Jaroš (born 29 April 1964) is a Czech mountaineer and author.

Jaroš was born in Nové Město na Moravě, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic. In 1998 he climbed his first eight-thousander Mount Everest in the second attempt via its north face. In 2001, 2003 and 2005 he unsuccessfully tried to climb K2. In 2002, along with Martin Minařík he climbed Kanchenjunga as the first Czech.[1] In 2006 announced he planned to conquer all the eight-thousand peaks of the world. As of 2014, he is the only Czech climber to conquer all 14 eight-thousanders and thus complete the "Crown of the Himalaya".[2] Moreover, he was able to climb all of these mountains without using supplemental oxygen, which made him the world's 15th person to achieve this feat.[3]

Successful ascents on eight-thousanders

References

  1. ↑ "Radek Jaroš: Nejsem žádným pokořitelem". 27 June 2002. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "První Čech zdolal všechny osmitisícovky, Jaroš stanul na K2". Aktualne.cz (in Czech). 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Radek JAros to dokazal, zdolal posledni osmitisicovku". tn.nova.cz (in Czech). 26 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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