Meet Afghanistan's female mountaineer
Scaling mountains and smashing taboos
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Eighteen-year-old Fatima Sultani
and her team of nine mountaineers
are tackling some of the country’s highest peaks
and the world's hardest climbs
(SOUNDBITE) (Dari) AFGHAN FEMALE MOUNTAINEER, FATIMA SULTANI, SAYING:
"My main goal is to show the world that Afghan women are strong and can do the most challenging work that men do. When I became aware that women from foreign countries come here to conquer the high peaks of Afghanistan, I thought, 'Why can't we, the Afghan women, conquer these peaks that are located in our own country?' With this motivation, I joined the 'HikeVentures' team to achieve my goal of conquering high mountain peaks."
Fatima is the youngest woman
to climb Noshakh Peak
scaling 24,580 feet
Her team's next challenge
is to represent Afghanistan on Mount Everest