Abele Blanc

Abele Blanc

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1954-09-02) 2 September 1954 (age 70) Aosta, Italy
Occupation	Mountaineer
Climbing career
Known for	22nd person to climb the 14 eight-thousanders

Abele Blanc (born 2 September 1954) is an Italian mountaineer and mountain guide. In 2011, he became the 22nd person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders, which he did between 1992 and 2011. ^{[1] [2]}

Abele Blanc summited Mount Everest twice, first in 1992 and once more in 2010. ^[3] The second summit was done without using supplemental oxygen. ^[4]

References

1. Climbers who have reached the summit of all 14 eight-thousanders. 8000ers.com
2. "Abele Blanc". Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
3. Best of ExplorersWeb 2011 Awards: Himalayan Knights, Abele Blanc
4. "Abele Blanc summits Annapurna and all 8000ers". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-07-04.

See also

• List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
• List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
• Christian Kuntner, Blanc's frequent climbing partner