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Dream big and live even bigger

KAMAL PARIYAR
KATHMANDU, May 23: It came as a shock to her parents when Raha Moharrak told them that she wanted to climb Mount Everest, a surprising wish for a young woman in Saudi Arabia.

"It was like a shock to my parents when I requested my father to grant me permission to climb Everest as a gift on my 27th birthday," recalls Raha, who has now become the first Saudi woman to reach atop the world´s highest mountain. "With a heavy heart, he said okay but asked me to promise to come back safe." [More]

  Gritty amputee's unmatched determination  
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“Without arms, that will be difficult. But I have a good team and good Sherpas who will help. Some mountainous parts, we will have to pull ourselves with a rope.

 That, I will hold on to with my mouth and teeth,” Sudarshan Gautam, 30, a Nepal-born Canadian who became the world’s first double amputee to climb Everest, had said in one of the interviews to Canadian media before embarking on a near-impossible trip. It’s a record galore on Everest this season, but Gautam’s achievement is no doubt one of the rarest feats.

 
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