Of women, mountains, equality and success – By Sumaira Jajja for Dawn.com
KARACHI: A woman can do just about anything a man can, all she requires is ‘opportunity’, said 22-year-old Samina Baig, speaking at the jam packed Aga Khan University Hospital’s gymnasium, with her talk aptly titled ‘No Mountain Too High, Nor Too Easy’.
Baig is the first Pakistani woman and the third Pakistani after ace mountaineer Nazir Sabir and Hassan Sadpara, to hoist the green flag on the mighty Everest, the world’s tallest mountain.
Apart from being an Everest summiteer, Baig also has a personnel best record – she is the only Pakistani to have stepped on the highest points of all seven continents, a feat that is unlikely to be beaten anytime soon.
Click here to read more at Dawn.com: http://www.dawn.com/news/1128420/of-women-mountains-equality-and-success
Also read Tehmina Qureshi at http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-269697-For-brother-sister-climbers,mountaineering-is-a-metaphor-for-life
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