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Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.

I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.

Mountaineering has always been a huge hobby of mine.

Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.

Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.

The thing that I've always believed is that you have to follow your passion, and if climbing is your calling in life and your craft, to not do it is a tragedy. I am always going to encourage my children to follow their passions and dreams, whatever they are.

I happily claim expertise in no single aspect of climbing, which is what has kept the passion burning hot all these years.

I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow.

I climb mountains.