Alison Hargreaves

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alison Hargreaves
Occupation	Mountain Climber
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1962(1962-02-17)
Age	62
Birthplace	Derbyshire
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Alison Hargreaves Biography

Alison Hargreaves is one of the most popular and richest Mountain Climber who was born on February 17, 1962 in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. Alison Jane Hargreaves was a British mountain climber. She lived from 17 February 1962 to 13 August 1995. In 1995, she was the first person to scale Mount Everest without any support or oxygen from a Sherpa team. She was the first climber to solo all of the great north faces in the Alps in a single year. This feat also included climbing the Eiger’s north face in the Alps in 1988. Hargreaves also scaled 6,812-metres (22,349 ft), Ama Dablam in Nepal.

In 1995, Hargreaves intended to climb the three highest mountains in the world–Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga–unaided. She reached Everest’s summit on 13 May 1995 without any help from Sherpas, bottled oxygen, and she died at the top of K2 on 13 August 1995.

After a brief visit to her family in the United Kingdom, she returned to America in June 1995 to join a team that had obtained a permit to climb K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, at 8,611 metres (28,251 feet). K2 is considered a more dangerous and difficult climb than Mount Everest. The US team, Hargreaves, and the remaining members of the US team had joined forces at Camp 4, 7,600m (24,900ft) above the sea level and less than 12 hours from the summit. After having joined a Spanish team, Peter Hillary, the son of Sir Edmund Hillary, the Everest pioneer, decided to return to New Zealand. He noted that the weather had changed and that it was getting colder. Hargreaves and Javier Olivar, a Spaniard, reached the summit in perfect conditions at 6:45pm. They were followed by Rob Slater, American Rob Slater and Lorenzo Ortiz (Spanish), and Bruce Grant (New Zealander). While returning from the summit, all six were killed in a severe storm. Canadian Jeff Lakes, who had climbed back to the summit earlier but failed to reach the lower camp, succumbed to the effects of exposure.

Alison Hargreaves Net Worth

Alison Hargreaves is one of the richest Mountain Climber from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alison Hargreaves 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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Hargreaves was born in Belper, Derbyshire. She attended Belper High School. She left home at 18 and lived with James Ballard until her marriage in 1995. The family then moved to Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands to be closer to the training conditions.

She was six months pregnant with her first child, Tom, when she climbed the Eiger north face. Tom Ballard went on to become the first person to solo climb all of the six great north faces of the Alps in a single winter. He died in 2019 while ascending Nanga Parbat.

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Who is Alison Hargreaves Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Alison Ranked on the list of most popular Mountain Climber. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Alison Hargreaves celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.

Did they ever find Alison Hargreaves?

Alison successfully reached the summit of K2. She died on the descent with five others after they were caught in a storm. She was 33. Her body was never recovered.

How did Alison Hargreaves died on K2?

In 1995, Hargreaves intended to climb the three highest mountains in the world—Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga—unaided. On 13 May 1995, she reached the summit of Everest without the aid of Sherpas or bottled oxygen; on 13 August, she died while descending from the summit of K2.

What happened to Alison Hargreaves?

In 1995, Ballard’s mother Alison Hargreaves, then at the height of her fame as the first woman to conquer Everest unaided, died as she descended from the summit of K2 , the world’s second highest mountain. She and six other climbers were swept to their deaths by 260mph winds.

How old was Alison Hargreaves when she died?

33 years (1962–1995)

Has anyone ever climbed Everest pregnant?

Serena Williams won the Australian Open while 23 weeks pregnant; Lhakpa Sherpa summited Everest eight months after the birth of her first child, and again while two months pregnant with Shiny.