South African woman conquers Mount Everest in 27 days

This is the story of South African Saray Khumalo who is officially the first black African woman to make it to the summit of Mount Everest.

It took her 27 days to get to the top of Mount Everest.

Once, twice, thrice she failed but for the failure seemed to have been only her booster.

She has now made history after conquering the highest mountain above sea level, the famous Mount Everest. 

With a journey up of 8,850-metre (29,035-feet), reports indicate that she finally achieved her goal on Thursday morning.

She wrote about her dream to conquer Everest: “My dream is to go higher and go further for as long as I breathe. To pave a way for my children and other ordinary people, so we may realise and accept that ordinary people like us can achieve extraordinary heights.

“To not think too much about the difficulties on the way but keep focused on the end goal and to take their hand, motivate them to realise that they too may dream the impossible dream.”

Ms. Khumalo is a business executive based in Johannesburg. She had previously tried the feat in 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Source: Africanews