Norwegian Woman Racing to Climb World's 14 Highest Mountains
2023-06-07
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1A Norwegian woman is trying to become the fastest climber to make it to the top of the world's 14 highest mountains.
2Kristin Harila has already climbed eight of them in 40 days.
3The 37-year-old said Tuesday she has set a new goal of climbing all 14 peaks in three months.
4That is two times faster than her initial goal.
5The 14 highest mountains are those higher than 8,000 meters.
6Harila is trying to beat the 2019 record set by a male climber, who climbed all 14 peaks in just over six months.
7Harila hopes to climb Mount Manaslu in Nepal in the next few days.
8After that, she will try the five remaining peaks in the Karakorum mountains of Pakistan.
9This includes K2, the second- highest mountain in the world.
10K2 is considered more difficult and dangerous than Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
11"I believe we can do it, if we do Manaslu now and the five in Pakistan, we can do in three months," Harila said.
12"We are very happy we have made eight and we are all safe and everyone is good," she added.
13Harila began her effort in April by climbing Mount Shishapangma in China.
14She then climbed other peaks in China as well as in Nepal, including Everest.
15Her latest climb was Nepal's Mount Annapurna on June 5.
16Her climb of Annapurna was unusually late in the spring climbing season.
17Most teams had already left the mountains.
18That is because it was close to the arrival of summer rains and snow.
19"It was very nice but very difficult to climb Annapurna alone.
20No one was around, it was different. When there is lot of people it is much easier," she said.
21The current record is held by Nirmal Purja, a Nepal-born British citizen.
22He climbed the 14 highest peaks in 189 days in 2019.
23Purja's climbs were later made into a popular Netflix documentary called "14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible."
24I'm Dorothy Gundy.
1A Norwegian woman is trying to become the fastest climber to make it to the top of the world's 14 highest mountains. 2Kristin Harila has already climbed eight of them in 40 days. The 37-year-old said Tuesday she has set a new goal of climbing all 14 peaks in three months. That is two times faster than her initial goal. 3The 14 highest mountains are those higher than 8,000 meters. Harila is trying to beat the 2019 record set by a male climber, who climbed all 14 peaks in just over six months. 4Harila hopes to climb Mount Manaslu in Nepal in the next few days. After that, she will try the five remaining peaks in the Karakorum mountains of Pakistan. This includes K2, the second- highest mountain in the world. K2 is considered more difficult and dangerous than Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. 5"I believe we can do it, if we do Manaslu now and the five in Pakistan, we can do in three months," Harila said. 6"We are very happy we have made eight and we are all safe and everyone is good," she added. 7Harila began her effort in April by climbing Mount Shishapangma in China. She then climbed other peaks in China as well as in Nepal, including Everest. Her latest climb was Nepal's Mount Annapurna on June 5. 8Her climb of Annapurna was unusually late in the spring climbing season. Most teams had already left the mountains. That is because it was close to the arrival of summer rains and snow. 9"It was very nice but very difficult to climb Annapurna alone. No one was around, it was different. When there is lot of people it is much easier," she said. 10The current record is held by Nirmal Purja, a Nepal-born British citizen. He climbed the 14 highest peaks in 189 days in 2019. 11Purja's climbs were later made into a popular Netflix documentary called "14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible." 12I'm Dorothy Gundy. 13Binaj Gurubacharya wrote this story for The Associated Press. Andrew Smith adapted it for VOA Learning English. 14____________________________________________________ 15Words in This Story 16peak -n. a mountain or the top of a mountain 17initial -adj. first or beginning 18documentary -n. a nonfiction film about an event, person, or situation 19We want to hear from you. 20We have a new comment system. Here is how it works: 21Each time you return to comment on the Learning English site, you can use your account and see your comments and replies to them. Our comment policy is here.