World record holder Maya Sherpa has been climbing mountains almost every year since 2003. As well as successfully scaling Mount Everest three times, she has climbed the world’s second-tallest mountain, K2 (28,251 ft.) and has set her eyes on the goal of climbing all 14 of the world’s highest peaks. But where did it start?
What was it about the challenge of mountain climbing that first captured your imagination?
“It was really realising there was a lack of local Nepalese women that were climbing mountains. Although there were a lot of foreign women in the field, us locals were less well represented. So I thought I’d try and change that. I was lucky to get the right sponsors and the environment, and so my journey in the mountains began.”
