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Gülnur 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.

Gülnur Tumbat
Personal information
Full nameGulnur Tumbat
Main disciplineMountaineering, Ultrarunning
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Denizli, Turkey
NationalityTurkish, American
Career
Starting age17
Notable ascentsMount Everest (8,848 m),
Aconcagua (6,959 m),
McKinley (6,194 m),
Kilimanjaro (5,895 m),
Elbrus (5,642 m),
Carstensz Pyramid(Punjak Jaya) (4,884 m),
Grand Teton (4,199 m),
Mount Vinson (4,892 m),
Mont Blanc (4,805 m),
Gran Paradiso (4,061 m)

Early years edit

Gülnur Tumbat was born to a teacher father and a seamstress mother as the youngest of three daughters in Denizli in 1975.[1] After finishing 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.[2][3]

Since 2005, she has been serving as a professor in the Marketing Faculty at San Francisco State University.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Sports edit

Mountain climbing edit

Tumbat began mountain climbing at age 17 in the Mountaineering & Winter Sports Club of the METU.[3][8] She was on the top of more than 30 high-elevation mountains in Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Nepal, Argentina, and the US so far.[7] Her doctoral thesis was on the subject of marketing and consuming risk.[4] To study the subject, she joined a group of mountain climbers at the base camp at Mount Everest in 2004.[2][3]

Gülnur Tumbat climbed the McKinley (6,194 m), Aconcagua (6,959 m), Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), Elbrus (5,642 m), and Carstensz Pyramid (Punjak Jaya) (4,884 m).[5] 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.[2][7]

In April 2014, her attempt to climb Mount 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.[10][11] She was not hurt by the accident.[9][10] In July 2015, she ascended Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m),[8] completing her fifth summit of the "Eight Highest Peaks", in a group of six mountaineers from South Korea, Australia, France and Sweden.[6][12]

On May 21, 2018 she became the first Turkish woman to summit Mount Everest from the Nepal side, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, the Earth's highest mountain. On December 2023, she completed 7th of the 7 summits, by climbing Mount Vinson, Antarctica's highest.[13]

The first Turkish seven summiter is Nasuh Mahruki although he did not climb Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m) which is the highest mountain of Oceania, but climbed Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m) in Australia. [2][8][10]

Endurance sports edit

Tumbat has done some triathlons such as Marin County Triathlon[14] and Alcatraz Triathlon.[15] She has also been taking part in multiple adventure races such as Gold Rush 30-hour Adventure Racing [16] and ultramarathon competitions in California, where she lives. Her achievements are:[1][17]

Year Place Event Distance Rank
Overall Female Age group
2010 Angel Island, CA Ayala Cove 10 Miles 10 mi 7 4
San Francisco, CA North Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail 26,2 mi 21 3
2011 San Francisco, CA North Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail 50 mi 127 21 4
2012 San Francisco, CA North Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail 50 mi 131 27 9
2013 Sausalito, CA Rodeo Valley 50 km Trail Run[18] 50 km 31 7 2
Stinson Beach, CA Miwok 60k Trail race 60 km 92 16 7
Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara 100 100 km 2 1
Castro Valley, CA Lake Chabot 50 km Trail Run[19] 50 km 14 1 1
San Francisco, CA North Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail 50 mi 163 31 10
2014 San Francisco, CA North Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail[20] 50 mi 220 36 6

References edit

  1. ^ a b "DUV home page Ultra Marathon Statistics". Deutsche Ultramarathon Vereinigung. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e Ergün, Bülent (2012-12-10). "Dünyanın zirvesindeki Türk kadını". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  3. ^ a b c "Dünyanın zirvesindeki Türk kadını". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2014-04-06. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  4. ^ a b "Gulnur Tumbat". academia.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  5. ^ a b "Lita Limonata, Yüksek İrtifa Dağcısı Gülnur Tumbat'la Zirveye Çıkacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  6. ^ a b "Marketing Professor Gulnur Tumbat prepares to climb Carstensz Pyramid". San Francisco State University-College of Business. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  7. ^ a b c "Climbing Aconcagua - Gulnur Tumbat". Peak Climbing Section. 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  8. ^ a b c d Koca, Zeynep Esra (2015-07-13). "Turkish woman on Oceania's Carstensz summit". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  9. ^ a b "Turkish professor from Mount Everest to the family'I'm fine'Message". Haber Monitor. 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  10. ^ a b c "Türk Akademisyen Everest'teki çığdan sağ kurtuldu". Radikal (in Turkish). 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  11. ^ "Dünyanın zirvelerindeki ilk ve tek Türk kadını". Vatan (in Turkish). 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  12. ^ "Dağcı Gülnur Tumbat, 5. Zirvesini Tamamladı". Haberler (in Turkish). 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  13. ^ Samur, Musa (30 December 2023). "Türk dağcı Gülnur Tumbat "7 Kıta 7 Zirve" projesini tamamladı" (in Turkish). Anadolu Ajansı.
  14. ^ "Marin County Triathlon - Age Group Results" (PDF). TriFind. 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  15. ^ "Alcatraz Triathlon Online Results". Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Gold Rush AR Results". Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Gulnur Tumbat F40". Ultra Signup. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  18. ^ "Rodeo Valley Trail Run - Spring". Inside Trail. 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  19. ^ "Lake Chabot". Coastal Trail Runs. 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  20. ^ "The North Face Endurance Challenge-SF". Ultra Running Magazine. 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
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