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Volume 4 Edition 44 ISSN 1834-0318
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Taking on seven peaks
The achievements of nine young Nepali women to scale Mt Everest and to raise the alarm of the effects of global warming on the Himalayas is inspirational. To do this they will climb, as a team of nine under the banner of “Everest Women’s Seven summit Eco Action”, seven of the highest peaks on seven continents, setting a world record of being the largest team to climb the seven summits. The Nepali women now aged between 19 and 30, and all with a desire to scale new heights, participated in the successful first ever Inclusive Women’s Sagamartha Expedition to climb Mt Everest in 2008. Not only did they reach the summit but they all safely descended together. The youngest member of the group was 17 years of age. These remarkable, petite young women from six
different castes and diverse backgrounds, have overcome the caste restrictions and turned the differences into opportunities and strengths, through their different beliefs. On Wednesday, July 7 they ticked off the first peak - Australia’s Mt Kosciuszko/Targangil. According to Bruce Wilson of Wilderness Sports, the day was “simply sensational” with a clear blue sky, and a light cover of sparkling, dry snow under foot. Indeed it was a unique experience for the women as they had never used snow shoes before, being more accustomed to climbing in three pairs of boots. They were very impressed by the skiing of the cross country skiers who met them at the summit. To mark the occasion of reaching the top of Australia, a golden Buddha was produced from a backpack and placed on the cairn by the team.
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