It is done, the Moroccan mountain climber, Bouchra Baibanou, has finally reached the top of the world aka Everest mountain located at the border separating China and Nepal. The 47-year-old sportswoman ascended 8,850 meters above sea level (29,035 feet) becoming thus the first Moroccan and North African woman to achieve this great challenge. C'est fait ! Bouchra Baibanou a réussi à réaliser son rêve ! pic.twitter.com/Ww3xTZ36Zf — roudhane benhamou (@roudhane) May 21, 2017 Initiated in the beginning of April, this expedition is part of a series of six others that had already been carried in Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain (5,895 meters / 19,341 ft), Mont-Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe (4,808 meters / 15,784 ft) twice and Mont-Elbrus (5,642 meters/ 18,510 ft), the highest point in Europe situated in Northern Caucasius in June 2012. On the 18th of May 2013, a Saudi female mountain climber named Raha Mouharraq, managed to reach at the age of 25 the top of the world.
