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An Everest Base Camp trek is, for many, the challenge of a lifetime and the culmination of much time spent in training and preparation. Scientists maintain however, that Everest is changing
On the 17th of May 2010, Bonita Norris returned to the safety of Everest Base Camp, trekking down to meet her team and earn a place in history as the youngest Briton ever to summit the world’s highest peak.
At the age of 22, Bonita (from Berkshire, Great Britain) has eclipsed the record of Victoria James, who was 25 when she climbed Everest.
In the wake of her achievement, a number of newspapers have focused, rather disrespectfully, upon Bonita’s novice status as a climber, picking up on the remarkable fact that in 2008, she had never before climbed a mountain. Going from unfit to Everest
