Joëlle Brupbacher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss mountain climber (1978-2011)
Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1978
Place of Birth: Switzerland
Date of Death: 22-May-2011
Profession: mountaineer
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Joëlle Brupbacher
- Joëlle Brupbacher (3 August 1978 – 22 May 2011) was a Swiss mountaineer. Brupbacher lived in Muri bei Bern and was employed as an IT specialist with Swiss Federal Railways.
- She was the first Swiss woman to climb five of the fourteen eight-thousanders.After reaching the summit of the Makalu, an 8485-meter-high mountain in Nepal, and descending to Camp 4 on 21 May, Brupbacher died of acute mountain sickness (AMS) in her tent at Camp 3 at an altitude of 7400 m on the 22 May 2011.
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