Vilborg Arna Gissuradóttir is famous in Iceland for having been the first Icelandic woman to take on the South Pole, alone and without assistance. After successfully completing her South Pole expedition on January 18th 2013, she began working on a new goal: hiking the Seven Summits in one year.
Now, ten months after she completed her first hike up Mt McKinley (6,168 m/20,237 f) in the United States, she’s en-route to Nepal where she’ll be finishing her goal by climbing Mt Everest (8,848 m/29,029 f) – the world’s highest mountain.
Gissuradóttir told mbl.is that the group she’ll be hiking with consists of five men from across the globe and then her. But she’s quite used to being one of the guys at this point.
The group begins their ten-day-trek to basecamp on April 3rd, at which point they’ll be at an altitude of 5,300m (17,388ft). Slowly, but surely, they’ll make their way up the mountain and expect to reach its peak between May 13th and 25th – all depending on weather conditions.
Vilborg Arna Gissuradóttir is famous in Iceland for having been the first Icelandic woman to take on the South Pole, alone and without assistance. After successfully completing her South Pole expedition on January 18th 2013, she began working on a new goal: hiking the Seven Summits in one year.
Now, ten months after she completed her first hike up Mt McKinley (6,168 m/20,237 f) in the United States, she’s en-route to Nepal where she’ll be finishing her goal by climbing Mt Everest (8,848 m/29,029 f) – the world’s highest mountain.
Gissuradóttir told mbl.is that the group she’ll be hiking with consists of five men from across the globe and then her. But she’s quite used to being one of the guys at this point.
The group begins their ten-day-trek to basecamp on April 3rd, at which point they’ll be at an altitude of 5,300m (17,388ft). Slowly, but surely, they’ll make their way up the mountain and expect to reach its peak between May 13th and 25th – all depending on weather conditions.
