Staff Reporter :
Wasfia Nazreen, National Geographic Adventurers of the Year 2014-15, has successfully completed Seven Summit record as first ever Bangladeshi after scaling mountain peaks all the seven continent.
She has touched record on Wednesday after reaching Carstensz Pyramid, highest mountain of the Australasia/Oceania continent.
The youngest Everest summiteer of the country reached the summit point of the Papuan territory on November 18 at 10:19am with her Indonesian friend Joshua Noya, according to a press release.
Before the climb, the hike into base camp included 220km of exhausting marching through thick muddy rainforest, river-crossings, tropical malaria and slippery rocky zones.
She called her spokesperson Korvi Rakshand in Bangladesh from the summit, using a satellite phone and said: “Because we had launched this campaign in celebration of Bangladesh’s 40 years of independence, it only makes sense to dedicate the completion to the Spirit of ’71 and all those who are fighting to protect it. I pray peace return to Motherland soon”.
She thanked all those who have assisted over the last four years to complete this goal, and the peoples of Bangladesh both home and abroad who have rallied for her.
Wasfia left the country early November but due to security issues within the Papuan territory and jungle, the expedition details had to be kept in secret.
