Nives Meroi

Nives Meroi, Rome, 2010

Nives Meroi (born 17 September 1961 at Bonate Sotto, Italy) is an Italian mountaineer. As of 2017, she had climbed to the summit of all fourteen eight thousanders, utilizing the alpine style of climbing.^{[1] [2][3]}

Since 1989 Meroi has been married to Romano Benet, a climber and her partner in Himalayan mountaineering. All of Nives's and Romano's 8,000 m climbs have been completed without supplementary oxygen and without sherpas.^[4] Nives Meroi wrote a book about their three expeditions to Kangchenjunga It. "Non ti farò aspettare. Tre volte sul Kangchendzonga, la storia di noi due raccontata da me" ("I won’t let you wait. Three times on Kangchendzonga, the story of the two of us told by me"). The first Italian edition was published in 2015. Later the book was published in other languages. She also wrote a book about their expeditions to Annapurna It. "Il volo del corvo timido" ("The flight of the shy crow")^[5]

Meroi and Benet live in Tarvisio in the Alps in northern Italy.

Chronology of her expeditions[]

• 2017 summit of Annapurna
• 2016 summit of Makalu
• 2014 summit of Kangchenjunga
• 2009 second attempt on Annapurna and first on Kangchenjunga
• 2008 summit of Manaslu
• 2007 summit of Mount Everest, first summit success of an Italian woman without bottled oxygen
• 2006 summit of K2 (first Italian woman)
• 2006 summit of Dhaulagiri
• 2004 summit of Lhotse
• 2003 she is the first woman who succeeded in ascending all three eight-thousanders of the Gasherbrum massif (Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak) during one season, within 20 days.
• 1999 summit of Cho Oyu
• 1999 summit of Shishapangma
• 1998 first summit of the 8000s, Nanga Parbat
• 1996 first attempt on Mount Everest, missed
• 1994 on K2, she gained 8450 m

References[]

External links[]

• Nives Meroi's website (in Italian)