A Race Up the World’s Tallest Mountains, and for Gender Equality

NY Times | February 19, 2023

Kristin Harila, a novice explorer, is looking to summit the world’s highest peaks in less than 6 months. Paperwork got in the way in her first attempt.

“If I’m going to change this sport, the best way I can do it is by showing that women are just as capable as men on these high mountains,” Kristin Harila said. Credit...8K Expeditions, via Agence France-Presse

For 10 days in October, Kristin Harila loitered at the blisteringly cold base camp of Cho Oyu in the Himalayas.

In 2019, Purja attempted to ascend all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter mountains in a single season.