-Marija

I was born in Kranj, Slovenia. I am a biology teacher and I also have been a professional alpinist for more than 30 years. Until now, I’ve reached 4 eight-thousanders around the world: Broad Peak, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri and Mount Everest.

In fact, I am the first (and still only) Slovenian female reaching ‘the roof of the world’. Together with my husband Andrej, we entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the first married couple to stand on Mt Everest.

Beyond the Himalayas, I climbed in Alaska, South America and Japan, among other places.

Sport climbing as well as competition and rock climbing have a very important place in my life and have taken me to many incredible and challenging places around the world.

I'm now retired from guiding, but you can contact the following guides if you want to go on a mountaineering or climbing trip in Slovenia or in Switzerland:

https://www.explore-share.com/mountain-guide/martin-zumer/
https://www.explore-share.com/mountain-guide/nejc-marcic/