ANOC Commission member targets summit of Mount Everest Thursday, 8 April 2021
Sheikha Asma Al Thani, a member of the Association of National Olympic Committees Marketing and New Sources of Finance Commission, will attempt to become the first Qatari woman to climb Mount Everest.
The official, who is also the Qatar Olympic Committee communications director, will attempt to climb the world s highest peak next month.
She travelled to Nepal on April 1 to begin her trek to the Everest basecamp to acclimatise.
Sheikha Asma will attempt the climb in mid-May, should the conditions allow. I have dreamed of climbing mountains ever since I was young, Sheikha Asma said.