South African Saray Khumalo has reached the highest point on the planet becoming the first black African woman to scale Mount Everest.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the mountain's summit on May 29, 1953.
Since then, around 800 people attempted to climb Mount Everest annually. More than 296 people have died trying to climb it. page Summits with a Purpose posted:"A short while ago, Saray N'kusi Khumalo reached the top of the world. Born in Zambia, with a Rwandan bloodline and now a South African, she has achieved her goal of becoming the first black woman from Africa to summit Mount Everest."The mountaineering passion took hold and she embarked on a journey to climb the highest peak on each continent, not for herself but the education of African children."She became a Nelson Mandela Libraries ambassador and raised nearly R1m for school libraries.
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