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BBC News
20-05-2025
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Nurse tackles Everest but mountaineering challenge continues
A nurse has scaled Mount Everest and plans to tackle more mountains to showcase how tough the profession Rowberry, 34, a nurse and lecturer in nursing at the University of Derby, has ticked off the highest peak in the world in her challenge to scale the highest mountain in each of the seven Everest was number four and she has three left left to to the BBC minutes after she completed her descent, Ms Rowberry said: "I'm exhausted and a little bit broken but I'm just so glad to be back at Base Camp and back to safety. " She said she was aiming to raise money for the Royal College of Nursing Foundation and shine a light on the hardships of Rowberry, whose journey started in January 2024, is not planning to stop still aims to climb the Puncak Jaya in Indonesia, Denali in Alaska, USA and Mount Vinson in has already scaled Kilimanjaro in Kenya, Mount Elbrus in Russia and the Aconcagua in Argentina. Celebrating with a can of beer and some pizza, Ms Rowberry said: "It felt very surreal... Everest has a lot up summits so you think you're nearly there and you turn a corner and you see more hills to climb."It was utterly gorgeous and the views were absolutely outstanding... I can't quite believe I've done it, it will take a few days to sink in. "At one point there was just me and my [mountain guide] Sherpa at the top, we were the only two people at the highest part of the earth."Her group of four climbers and Sherpas set off at 02:00 local time (21:15 BST) on Thursday and got about five hours sleep in total on the way Rowberry made it to the summit at 09:45 on Sunday and had about six hours sleep of sleep on the descent, finally hitting Base Camp just before 15:45 on Monday. She said she had "never seen horizons that big" and could see into China from the it was not all plain sailing, despite a relatively decent climb, she battled back spasms on the descent."I feel battered and bruised, mentally and physically exhausted," she said."I really did struggle on the way down and if it wasn't for my amazing Sherpas who kept encouraging me... they were the real machine into making this happen. "There's so much I've been through and I don't think I would have been able to do this if I hadn't had some of the qualities nursing has given me."I wanted to shine a light on the profession and show what we can do."On her next challenge, Ms Rowberry said she "doesn't want to climb a flight of stairs never mind another mountain" at the moment.
BBC News
25-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Nursing has given me the strength to take on Everest'
A woman is climbing Mount Everest as part of a challenge to summit seven of the world's highest peaks, which aims to shine a light on the strength of Rowberry, 34, is a nurse and lecturer in nursing at the University of Derby, and hopes to scale the world's highest mountain by the end of May."I think nursing builds up a lot of strength in you, physically and psychologically, which is a huge thing when you're doing high-altitude mountaineering," she from Hatton in Derbyshire, has already climbed three mountains, starting with Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa in January 2024 which she described as "an impulse decision". Rowena says she is aiming to raise money for the Royal College of Nursing Foundation and to shine a light on the hardships of nursing."I think I'm still a little bit in denial, and I have been on every mountain that I've climbed," she said."There will be a point where I'm facing the harsh realities of Mount Everest where I think 'what am I doing?'"But what an experience, I'm so lucky to be here. I'm just taking it in my stride."Rowena said she had not climbed anything in the UK higher than Thorpe Cloud in the Peak District when she took on the 19,340ft (5,895m) Mount Kilimanjaro."I did not think that in 18 months' time after doing Kilimanjaro I would be at the base of Mount Everest," she added. Rowena then took on Mount Elbrus in Russia in August 2024 and the Aconcagua in Argentina in February is part of a team of four people going up Everest, along with four Sherpas."It's absolutely stunning, but we're itching to get started now," Rowena said. "I really want to see what the real heavy climb is all about and get these legs and arms working and get myself to the top." Rowena says she thinks there are "a lot of qualities that come with nursing that have enabled me to do what I do". "Things like having a sense of focus, drive and determination and strength as well," she Mount Everest, Rowena will have three remaining mountains to tackle, Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia, Mount McKinley in the US and Mount Vinson in Antarctica.
