#TEAMCT TAMARA LUNGER

Name: Tamara Lunger Date of birth: 06.06.1986 Home: Alto Adige - South Tyrol Qualifications: Health coach, motor sciences at Innsbruck. Job: Professional mountaineer, trainer.

How would you describe yourself? Heidi, someone who really wants to suffer ;)

Main sport Mountaineering, high altitude.

Other sports Running and cycling.

The first thing you do when you Crochet, cooking, and spend time with my special family. have time free

How long have you been climbing? 2009 (high altitude).

Your strengths? To know what suffering is, to never give up, to be happy and to be independent.

Your weaknesses (at the moment)? Not very good at adapting to city life ;)

What do you think of women who I don’t see it and I wouldn’t want to discriminate. Men and women have climb? the same abilities and potentiality. When I’m in the I personally see myself as a mountaineer and not seen as simply a woman.

Where does your passion come I loved the physical suffering from a young age. from?

Big wall, crag, boulder or indoor? The in its entirety.

What do climbing and I found the real me, being happy and satisfied with my life. In this mountaineering mean for you? moment, it means everything to me, together with my family.

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#TEAMCT TAMARA LUNGER

Favourite crag, cliff or bouldering Anywhere in nature, where I find my challenge. spot?

Meeting which changed your life .

Is your family involved in your It is a fundamental part of my education and my life, because they believe climbing, do they support you a in me and in my ability, without stopping me and questioning my decisions. lot?

Competitions or only outdoor High altitude mountaineering and a few ski mountaineering climbing? competitions.

Type and frequency of training I go to the max everyday ;)

Overseas expeditions Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Broad Peak, Khan , Pik Lenin, Ararat, Muztagh Ata, the Shimshal traverse at Askoli with ski moutaineering (over 200 km including two summits over 6000m), , and a new line on Islandpeak East.

Favourite music A bit of everything.

Favourite food/drink Traditional cooking from Tyrol, water.

How do you choose your projects It must represent one of my dreams, a challenge.

Which was your most difficult It was the expedition to Cho Oyu in 2010, when during the expedition I project? How did you tackle it? helped recover the body of Walter Nones. For a while, it took away my love of the mountains. Slowly I started to go again and then by luck it turned out to be a school of life, that helped me grow a lot.

Future projects I already have the diary full until 2019 with projects and dreams that I have called my “action plan”, a sort of four-year Olympic plan!

Secret dreams The really secret ones remain secrets, the mountaineering and personal ones will not only be 8000ers or choices and simple decisions.

Sporting heroes My dad, not only for his performances, but for how he sees things and how mentally strong he is.

What do you expect from the new A homely environment with a “dad” like Carlo Paglioli, that will represent adventure with Climbing a part of my career and my personal life. Technology?

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