The expedition was organised by Arlene Blum after she returned from an Everest expedition "marred by male chauvinist traits". Main article: American Women's Himalayan Expedition These exploits impressed Arlene Blum so she invited Komarkova to her Annapurna expedition in 1978. In 1976 she climbed Denali and the next year she opened a new route on Mount Dickey. There, she discovered climbing and began making first ascents in the Tatras and other Carparthians. Komarkova was born in Písek and at the age of 16 she got to the Charles University in Prague to study botany, from which she eventually graduated. Credited as a pioneer of women's mountaineering, she was the first woman to summit Annapurna and Cho Oyu. Vera Komarkova ( Czech: Věra Komárková) (25 December 1942 - ) was a prominent Czech-American mountaineer and botanist. Písek, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moraviaįirst female ascent of Annapurna and Cho Oyu
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