Lene Gammelgaard

Lene Gammelgaard (born 18 December 1961) is a Danish climber, author, and motivational speaker. Gammelgaard is the 35th woman, and first Scandinavian woman, to climb Mount Everest, reaching the summit via the South East Ridge on 10 May 1996, as part of Scott Fischer's tragic expedition. Her book Climbing High (1998) recounts the 1996 Everest disaster when a storm took the lives of Scott Fischer, Rob Hall, and six other climbers. Her book sold over 1 million copies and was translated into 13 languages. Gammelgaard was portrayed in the film, Everest (2015), by actress Charlotte Bøving.