Alberto Iñurrategi Iriarte (Aretxabaleta, 3rd November 1968) is one of the most respected mountaineers in the world. The Basque mountaineer has managed to crown the 14 eight thousands in the world, all of them "Alpine" style, i.e. without oxygen and few camps and without Sherpas. This is something only 8 people on the planet have achieved.
He reached 12 of the 14 eight thousands with his brother Félix, although the latter died in the descent of his 12th peak, the Gasherbrum II, in 2000.
At the time both mountaineers marked one milestone after another, always crowning the summits together, demonstrating their strength and acclimatisation capacity of the like never seen before, opening new routes like K2 or following the most technical routes.
Alberto Iñurrategi, the climber from the province of Gipuzkoa, is going to try and climb Everest (8,848 metres) via the Horbein corridor and in pure Alpine style, together with Juan Vallejo and Mikel Zabalza.
read moreThe mountaineers Alberto Iñurrategi, Juan Vallejo and Mikel Zabalza began their third and final acclimation phase Sunday in the Naturgas Broad Peak 2010 expedition before an attempt at the three summits of the world’s twelfth highest peak (8,047m) alpine style.
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2010-07-19They’ve done it! The dream that took them to the Karakorum mountain range in Pakistan, to the three peaks of the twelfth highest mountain on the planet, has come true for the three mountaineers of the Naturgas Broad Peak 2010 expedition.
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