Klára Poláčková
Klára Kolouchová, born Klára Poláčková (* 6 September 1978) is a Czech mountaineer who became the first Czech woman to summit three highest mountains on the Erath - Mount Everest, K2 and Kanchenjunga, and a total of five 8.000m peaks.
Biography
[edit]Klára Poláčková worked as a PR manager for foreign companies in parallel to studies of business management at the Anglo-American University in Prague. Following her post as Regional Communications Manager at Euro RSCG Worldwide (2000–2003), she took up a position in the London office (2003–2004) and (in 2004–2006) worked as a communications consultant in the UK for the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Department of Health.
In 2008, she had a daughter Emma (* 20 March 2008). After returning to the Czech Republic, she joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company. In 2013, she married with Martin Kolouch. She had a second child, son Cyril (* 16 May 2014).
Apart from mountaineering, her favourite sport is tennis and she won the LTA tournament at the Queens Club in London.
Expeditions
[edit]Cho Oyu
[edit]On 9 March 2006, Klára Poláčková reached the summit of Cho Oyu, climbing with her guide and friend Tashi Tenzing.
Mount Everest
[edit]Klára Poláčková summited Mount Everest on 15 May 2007, at 8.16 Nepal Standard Time, climbing with Tashi Tenzing. They ascended the normal route from the northern side.
Klara's climbs
[edit]- 2005 Aconcagua (6962 m)
- 2006 Cho Oyu
- 2007 Everest
- 2013 Denali (6190 m)
- 2013 Elbrus
- 2019 Kanchenjunga (8586 m)
- 2019 K2 (8611 m)
- 2024 Annapurna I
External links
[edit]Klára Poláčková on TV: