Award-winning woman cosmologist aims no O2 Everest ascent
Published: 03:15 pm Mar 27, 2022
KATHMANDU, MARCH 27
An award-winning astrophysicist from the United Kingdom today shared that she wanted to climb the world's highest peak without using supplementary oxygen in the spring climbing season.
Marina Cortês, who had earlier climbed Mt Cho Oyu, the world's 6th highest peak, said that she would be flying for Nepal to begin her climbing activities in the Mt Everest region early next month.
'I want to change the stereotype by standing atop the roof of the world,' the mother of two shared, adding that she would attempt to climb the mountain without using bottled oxygen this season.
'The sky is the limit. Human beings are magic. Young people everywhere are told they have to choose one profession. This is not true. Humans are very talented. Our brain is very complex. Our potential is infinite. If we express all of our sides, like me, the gift we leave to the future of our planet will be truly rich,' Marina, who appeared fully styled and made up as Odette, a principal ballerina during a Swan Lake stage performance, added.
As she's a mountaineering ballerina, shattering conventional notions of time in theoretical physics, Marina will be guided by one of the best Sherpa climbers from Imagine Nepal Treks.
'Ngima Nuru Sherpa, the 22-time Everest summiteer, will guide Marina during her Everest bid this season,' Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, Owner of Imagine Nepal Treks, informed.