The first woman from Saudi Arabia to scale Mount Everest says she doesn't intend to inspire a movement, but would be happy to change people's opinions of Saudi women and Saudi women's opinions of themselves.
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Raha Mobarak said in Kathmandu on Tuesday that her next goal is to climb the highest mountains in all seven continents.
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She says she has already scaled five of the highest peaks.
Heights of adventure: Saudi woman Raha Moharrak’s Everest expedition, dubbed ‘Arabs with Altitude’, was undertaken to raise money for education charities in Nepal. Pic/AFP
Mobarak was among hundreds of people who reached Everest’s 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit in recent days because of favourable weather conditions. u00a0
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