Full name Gulnur Tumbat Starting age 17 | Nationality Turkish, American | |
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Main discipline Mountaineering, Ultrarunning Born 1975 (age 41–42) Denizli, Turkey Notable ascents Aconcagua (6,959 m),
McKinley (6,194 m),
Kilimanjaro (5,895 m),
Elbrus (5,642 m),
Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m),
Grand Teton (4,199 m) | ||
Zirveyi zorlayanlar 15 b l m do dr g lnur tumbat
Gülnur Tumbat (born 1975) is a Turkish female academic in marketing as well as amateur mountain climber and ultramarathon runner. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California.
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- Zirveyi zorlayanlar 15 b l m do dr g lnur tumbat
- G lnur tumbat carstensz zirvesindeki ilk ve tek t rk
- Early years
- Mountain climbing
- Endurance sports
- References
G lnur tumbat carstensz zirvesindeki ilk ve tek t rk
Early years
Gülnur Tumbat was born to a teacher father and a seamstress mother as the youngest of three daughters in Denizli in 1975. After finishing the high school, she studied Environmental Engineering at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara with a master's degree in the same field. She further received a master's degree in Business Administration from Bilkent University. Then, Tumbat obtained a PhD degree in Marketing in the United States.
Since 2005, she has been serving as associate professor in the Marketing Faculty at San Francisco State University.
Mountain climbing
Tumbat began mountain climbing at age 17 in the Mountaineering & Winter Sports Club of the METU. She was on the top of more than 30 high-elevation mountains in Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Nepal, Argentina, and the US so far. Her doctoral thesis was on the subject of marketing and consuming risk. To study the subject, she joined a group of mountain climbers at the main camp at Mt. Everest in 2004.
Her goal is to be the first Turk and Turkish woman to climb the "Eight Summits", an extension of the Seven Summits with addition of Mt. Carstensz in the Oceania continent. The first Turkish seven summiter is Nasuh Mahruki. Only twelve women in the world have completed the ascent to the "Eight Summits" to date.
Gülnur Tumbat climbed the McKinley (6,194 m), Aconcagua (6,959 m), Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), Elbrus (5,642 m), and Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m). She notes that her most challenging ascent was to Aconcagua, the highest point in South America, where she climbed solo and without the assistance of a professional mountain guide or a team.
In April 2014, her attempt to climb Mt. Everest failed as the ascent to the summit was officially barred after a major avalanche killed more than ten mountaineers at 5,800 m elevation. She was not hurt by the accident. In July 2015, she ascended Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m), completing her fifth summit of the "Eight Highest Peaks", in a group of six mountaineers from South Korea, Australia, France and Sweden.
Endurance sports
Tumbat participated in the 2010 Marin County Triathlon finishing 33rd overall and 5th in her age group. Since 2010, Gülnur Tumbat has been taking part at ultramarathon competitions in California, where she lives. Her achievements are: