RAWAN Dadik has set a record of becoming a first Tanzanian to conquer all the world's seven summits after she successfully climbed Mount Denali, North America's highest mountain peak. Mid last year, the 22-year-old became the second Tanzanian but first Tanzanian woman and the youngest African to reach the summit of Everest with the height of 8,848 metres, and was named Tanzania's Tourism Ambassador. Mt Denali Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak on Earth, after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. Speaking after her successful climb and descent of Mt Everest last year, Rawan said she was proud to have hoisted Tanzanian flag on the Earth's highest mountain. She recounted the journey as a rather challenging one, punctuated by some hurdles that would have made the faint-hearted retract.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 04, 2022 21:12 UTC