Renata Chlumska (born 9 December 1973 in Malmö, Sweden) is an adventurer and mountain climber. Born to Czech parents, she has both Swedish and Czech citizenship.

On 5 May 1999, she became the first Swedish and Czech woman to climb Mount Everest.

Renata Chlumska

During 2005 and 2006 she performed a challenge called "Around America Adventure" in the lower 48 states of the United States. She paddled a kayak from Seattle to San Diego, bicycled with the kayak on a carriage from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas, continued kayaking around Florida to Eastport, Maine, and then bicycled back to Seattle. She became the first person to circumnavigate 32 states by bicycle and kayak.

Renata Chlumska

She was engaged to Göran Kropp when he died in a climbing accident.

Renata Chlumska

See also

List of female adventurers

List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest

References

External links

Renata Chlumska Official Website

Swedish people of Czech descent

1973 births

Living people

Czech mountain climbers

Swedish mountain climbers

Summiters of Mount Everest

Swedish female climbers