Siobhan Brady with her harp at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, where she broke the world recordAn Irish harpist has received confirmation that her world record bid to play a concert on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro was a success. The 24-year-old Limerick native had set the previous record for highest altitude harp performance in 2018 when she successfully played her instrument at an altitude of more than 16,000ft in the Himalayas. Ms Brady was finally able to celebrate over the weekend after Guinness World Records contacted her to confirm she had successfully broken her own world record by playing her harp at an altitude of 5,895 metres. However, we somehow made it through and found the perfect moment for the concert with only the clouds below us. The harp was placed in a specially adapted, robust case with pole handles and weighed 36kg.

Source: Irish Independent December 11, 2023 03:17 UTC