Edurne Pasaban

Edurne Pasaban, born Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar on 1 August 1973 in Tolosa, is a Basque mountaineer from Spain who also works as a businessperson and podcaster. She climbed all 14 of the world's eight-thousander peaks between 2001 and 2010, and in 2017 she received the Leif Erikson Award for becoming the first woman to do so. Her other honours include the Sabino Arana Award in 2002, the Lan Onari in 2009, and the Universal Basque Prize and the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in 2010. She was educated at ESADE.