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Girls of Everest, part 4
Over the last week, we’ve been speaking to some of the young women who are heading off to the Himalayas this spring to attempt Everest, and today we chat to the young woman who’s already been there and done it, Bonita Norris. Bonita came to prominence after summiting Everest in 2010 at the age of 22, and has since climbed Ama Dablam (6812m) and will shortly be attempting the world’s fourth highest peak, Lhotse (8516m). We … Read entire article »
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Girls of Everest, part 3
Over the last few days we’ve been featuring some of the young British women heading to the Himalayas this season to attempt to climb Everest, and today we speak to the most ambitious of them all, 18-year old Leanna Shuttleworth. Leanna will be attempting this April to become the first woman ever to summit two 8000m peaks in 24 hours, a feat only achieved once before, in 2011, by Garrett Madison, Michael Horst and Tom Halliday. … Read entire article »
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Girls of Everest, part 1
This spring sees an unprecedented number of young, British females attempting to climb and break records on Everest. Over the next few days, we will be talking to three of the young women in question, and also getting some comments from the girl whose record they are trying to break, T&M’s own Bonita Norris. We start with 20-year old Beck Bellworthy, who is making her second attempt on Everest in May/June, after succumbing to Acute Mountain … Read entire article »
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T&M duo summit Ama Dablam
Bonita Norris and Jon Gupta – both regular writers for Trek & Mountain – summited Nepalese peak Ama Dablam (6812m) on November 17, 2011. Climbing on separate expeditions, Norris reached the summit at 11.45am, five days after leaving base camp and was the first of her team to reach the top. Jon, meanwhile, was climbing alpine-style, and reached the summit at 2.45pm after setting off from Camp 1 at 4:15am the same day. Bonita said:”I made … Read entire article »
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