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The Saudi women climbers display their national flag at Everest Base Camp
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The climbers on their way to Everest Base Camp
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The climbers displaying the Saudi flag and a banner of the sponsors of their campaign
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The Saudi team's thank you to their journey organizers, Wild Guanabana
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Bravissimo!
Here are pictures of
the team of 11 lionhearted Saudi women who have just conquered Mount Everest. (The photo originals are from their Facebook
page).
They are shown proudly raising
Saudi Arabia’s national flag at Everest Base Camp in Nepal at an altitude of 5,364
meters, or 17,598 feet.
The pink climbers
Tuesday started making their way back to
the village of Pheriche. They will spend the night there and make their way
down to the Sherpa capital of Namche Bazaar today, Wednesday.
They started their
campaign -- dubbed “A Woman’s
Journey – Destination Mount Everest” – the night of May 6-7, when they flew
out to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on the first leg of a two-week journey.
The expedition is meant to promote awareness of breast
cancer, express moral support for women sufferers and underscore the importance
of healthier lifestyles and physical fitness.
The 11 Saudi heroines who took the breast
cancer fight to the earth’s highest mountain – and who I
introduced in an earlier
post --are
HRH Princess Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan,
Alya Al-Sa'ad, Hatun Madani, Mona Shahab, Noura Bouzo, Lina Al-Maeena,
Samaher Mously, Asma Al-Ghalib, Mashael Al-Hegelan, Hasna’a Mokhtar and Raha
Moharrak.
My heartfelt wishes for a safe journey home. Your triumph is a
source of pride for women and men throughout the Arab world.
