Gina Marie Rzucidlo

[1][2] Rzucidlo successfully climbed Mount Everest in May 2018,[3] she then completed the Seven Summits in 2019 with an ascent of Carstensz Pyramid.

In 2023, she summited Lhotse, Cho Oyu, and Nanga Parbat, becoming the first American woman to complete the latter.

[4] In October 2023, she was climbing Shishapangma in Tibet, the last of the 14 peaks, accompanied by Tenjen Sherpa when an avalanche occurred.

[1][2] Anna Gutu, who was also in the last leg of competing for the title of the first American woman to climb all 14 summits, died in the avalanche, as well.

[4] She received an associate degree in science in criminal justice from Quinsigamond Community College in 1999.