João Garcia
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| Born | June 11, 1967 Lisbon, Portugal |
João José Silva Abranches Garcia, (born June 11, 1967, in Lisbon, Portugal) is a leading mountaineer in Portugal. His main professional activities are as organizer and guide in mountaineering expeditions. On May 18th, 1999, he became the first Portuguese man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, without the use of supplementary oxygen. Three years later, in 2002, he published a book, "A mais alta solidão", in which he describes his experiences in mountain climbing, namely his 1999 expedition to Everest, where he passed through bitter adversities. Nevertheless, João Garcia continued to climb and is now trying to summit the eight-thousanders and the Seven Summits.
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[edit] Peaks
[edit] 1984
[edit] 1985
- Mont Blanc Du Tacul, France (4248m)
- Mont Blanc, France-Italy (4810m)
- Aig du Midi, France(3800m)
[edit] 1986-1992
- Many climbs in the Alps and Pyrinees;
[edit] 1993
- Matterhorn, Switzerland-Italy (4478m)
- Cho Oyu, Nepal (8201m)
- Shishapangma South, Tibet (8013m) (attempt)
[edit] 1994
- Jbel Toubkal, Morocco (4167m)
- Dhaulagiri, Nepal (8167m)
[edit] 1995
- Mount McKinley, Alaska (6194m) (attempt)
- Mont Blanc, France-Italy (4810m)
[edit] 1996
- Nanga Parbat, Pakistan (8125m) (attempt)
- Aconcagua, Argentina (6959m)
[edit] 1997
- Mount Everest, Nepal-Tibet (8844m) (attempt)
- Mont Blanc, France-Italy (4810m)
- Island Peak, Nepal (6160m)
- Ama Dablam, Nepal (6812m)
- Aconcagua, Argentina (6959m)
[edit] 1998
- Mount Everest, Nepal-Tibet (8848m) (attempt)
- Gokio Peak, Nepal (5483m)
- Mont Blanc, France-Italy (4810m)
[edit] 1999
- Mount Everest, Nepal-Tibet (8848m)
- Aconcagua, Argentina (6959m)
[edit] 2000
- Urus, Peru (5495m)
- Ishinca, Peru (5530m)
- Tocllaraju, Peru (6032m)
- Chopicalqui, Peru (6354m)
- Dent Blanche, Switzerland (4324m)
- Aconcagua, Argentina (6959m)
[edit] 2001
- Gasherbrum II, China-Pakistan (8035m)
- Mont Blanc, France-Italy (4810m)
[edit] 2002
- Aconcagua, Argentina (6959m) (summit two times in two days)
- Pumori, Nepal-Tibet (7161m)
- McKinley, Alaska, USA (6194m)
- Shishapangma, Tibet (8013m) (attempt)
[edit] 2003
- Aconcagua, Argentina (6959m) (summit 6th time)
- Pumori, Nepal-Tibet (7161m) (summit for the 2nd time along with 5 portuguese friends)
- Elbrus, Russia (4741m)(2nd time)
- Mont Blanc, France-Italy (4810m) (24th time)
- Himlung Himal, Nepal (7167m)
- Vinson Massif, Antarctica (4897m)
[edit] 2004
- Aconcagua, Argentina (6962m) (summit 7th time)
- Ama Dablam, Nepal (6812m) (Ex Leader, summit for the 2nd time, 4 Portuguese friends)
- Gasherbrum I, China-Pakistan (8080m) (summit with 1 friend) - the 11th 8000
- Mont Blanc, France-Italy (4810m) (2 more times)
- Monte Cervino (Matterhorn or Mont Cervin), France-Italy-Switzerland (4478m)
- Imja Tse (or Island Peak), Khumbu-Nepal (6160m)
[edit] 2005
- Lhotse, Nepal (8516m)
- Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (5895m)
[edit] 2006
- Kangchenjunga, Nepal-India (8586m)
- Shishapangma, Tibet (8013m)
