Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (died 1979)

Hannelore Schmatz

German mountaineer (1940–1979)

Hannelore Schmatz was a German climber 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.