Wasfia Nazreen has become the first mountaineer from Bangladesh to conquer seven peaks of the world.
Published : 25 Nov 2015, 02:33 PM
A post on her Facebook profile on Tuesday said she had reached the summit of Carstensz Pyramid, the highest mountain of Oceania.
The 4,884-metre peak in Indonesia’s Papua Province is locally known as Puncak Jaya and entails the “most consistently steep and technical climbing of all the seven summits”, the post said.
A media statement from Bangladesh on Seven Summit Foundation said National Geographic adventurer Wasfia reached the top at 10:19am local time on Nov 18.
She was accompanied by Indonesian adventurer Joshua Noya.
Korvi Rakshand, the foundation’s spokesperson, posted on Facebook the message that Wasfia had informed them of her feat through satellite phone.
“We started the campaign to celebrate Bangladesh’s 40th independence anniversary. It’s an effort to fulfill the spirit of ’71,” she was quoted as saying.
She dedicated the completion of the four-year campaign to the "spirit of ‘71 and all those who are fighting to protect it", the Facebook post added.
Wasfia also thanked everyone who supported her during this campaign.
She climbed the Mount Everest on May 26, 2012, the second woman from Bangladesh to do so. Before that, she had already conquered Africa’s Kilimanjaro and South America’s Aconcagua.
In other expeditions Wasfia made it to the top of Antarctica’s Vinson Massif, Europe’s Mount Elbrus and North America’s Denali.
National Geographic selected her as one of the adventurers of 2014.