Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Raha Moharrak: First Saudi Woman to Climb Mount Everest

Raha Moharrak has become the first Saudi woman to scale Mount Everest.
Approaching from Nepal's side of the mountain, Moharrak was one of 64 climbers who reached the 29,035 ft (8,850 meter) peak the morning of May 18 after climbing all night from the highest camp on South Col, the same starting point pioneers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay took in 1953.

Read the entire article here: http://www.policymic.com/articles/44775/raha-moharrak-first-saudi-woman-to-climb-mount-everest

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