Hannelore Schmatz

Hannelore Schmatz
Born
Hannelore Ledermann

(1940-02-16)16 February 1940
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Died2 October 1979(1979-10-02) (aged 39)
Mount Everest
SpouseGerhard Schmatz

Hannelore Schmatz (née Ledermann; 14 February 1940 – 2 October 1979) was a German mountaineer and the fourth woman to summit Mount Everest. She collapsed and died as she was returning from summiting Everest via the southern route; Schmatz was the first woman and first German citizen to die on the upper slopes of Everest.

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