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 45–46)
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 (4,884 m),
Grand Teton (4,199 m)

Early years

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 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.[2][3]

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

Sports

Mountain climbing

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 main camp at Mount Everest in 2004.[2][3]

Her goal is to be the first Turk and Turkish woman to climb the "Eight Summits",[6] an extension of the Seven Summits with addition of Mount 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.[2][8][10]

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).[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.

Endurance sports

Tumbat participated in the 2010 Marin County Triathlon finishing 33rd overall and 5th in her age group.[13] Since 2010, Gülnur Tumbat has been taking part at ultramarathon competitions in California, where she lives. Her achievements are:[1][14]

YearPlaceEventDistanceRank
OverallFemaleAge group
2010 Angel Island, CAAyala Cove 10 Miles10 mi74
San Francisco, CANorth Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail50 mi213
2011 San Francisco, CANorth Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail50 mi127214
2012 San Francisco, CANorth Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail50 mi131279
2013 Sausalito, CARodeo Valley 50 km Trail Run[15]50 km3172
Stinson Beach, CAMiwok 60k Trail race60 km92167
Santa Barbara, CASanta Barbara 100100 km21
Castro Valley, CALake Chabot 50 km Trail Run[16]50 km1411
San Francisco, CANorth Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail50 mi1633110
2014 San Francisco, CANorth Face Endurance Challenge - California Trail[17]50 mi220366

References
  1. "DUV home page Ultra Marathon Statistics". Deutsche Ultramarathon Vereinigung. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  2. Ergün, Bülent (2012-12-10). "Dünyanın zirvesindeki Türk kadını". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  3. "Dünyanın zirvesindeki Türk kadını". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2014-04-06. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  4. "Gulnur Tumbat". academia.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  5. "Lita Limonata, Yüksek İrtifa Dağcısı Gülnur Tumbat'la Zirveye Çıkacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  6. "Marketing Professor Gulnur Tumbat prepares to climb Carstensz Pyramid". San Francisco State University-College of Business. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  7. "Climbing Aconcagua - Gulnur Tumbat". Peak Climbing Section. 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  8. Koca, Zeynep Esra (2015-07-13). "Turkish woman on Oceania's Carstensz summit". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  9. "Turkish professor from Mount Everest to the family'I'm fine'Message". Haber Monitor. 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  10. "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. "Marin County Triathlon - Age Group Results" (PDF). TriFind. 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  14. "Gulnur Tumbat F40". Ultra Signup. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  15. "Rodeo Valley Trail Run - Spring". Inside Trail. 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  16. "Lake Chabot". Coastal Trail Runs. 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  17. "The North Face Endurance Challenge-SF". Ultra Running Magazine. 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
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