Araceli Segarra

Araceli Segarra (born 1970 in Lleida) is the first Spanish woman to have climbed Mount Everest and the Seven Summits. She has a degree in physiotherapy and became interested in mountain sports at 15 when taking a spelunking course. Her summits include Broad Peak in 1991, Shishapangma in 1992, Everest in 1996, K2 in 2002, Kangchenjunga in 2005 and Nanga Parbat in 2008. In May 1996, while being filmed for the IMAX documentary Everest, she was on the rescue team during the Everest disaster and is credited with the idea of marking a rescue helicopter landing spot with an X of red Kool-Aid. She has also written and illustrated several children's books, such as Los Viajes de Tina.