First Woman to scale the 14 8Ks

[Tom Rankin]

"South Korea's Oh Eun-sun Tuesday scaled the Himalayas' Annapurna peak, becoming the first woman to climb the world's 14 tallest peaks."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Interna...-reaches-Annapurna-summit/UPI-58641272368426/

 

[TrishandAlex]

Congratulations to Oh Eun-sun! Amazing.

 

[Little Rickie]

Tough chick!

Is that a yellow beer keg on her back?

 

[Bob]

And also

She's the youngest woman to do it.

 

[JohnL]

And also also

She is the oldest woman to do it.

JohnL

 

[JohnL]

Another article

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/sports/global/28climber.html

JohnL

 

[J.Dub]

She's the youngest woman to do it.

She is the oldest woman to do it.

Well, considering I've seen her age reported online as both 34 and 44, I guess you're both correct!


Oldest, youngest, male, female...whatever. 14 x 8,000m is a damned impressive achievement irrespective of any qualifiers.

 

[rhihn]

The climb was apparently not without a little controversy:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100428/en_afp/nepalskoreaspainaustriawomenclimbingrecord

http://climbing.about.com/b/2010/04...ays-annapurna-bid-amid-summit-controversy.htm

I agree - all amazing stuff!

 

[Little Rickie]

The climb was apparently not without a little controversy:

With all the money at stake in sponsorships and media deals...

Of course. Now watch for the lawyers to show up.

 

[Bob]

two of the three sherpas on Kanchenjunga said she did not summit that peak.