By @HoustonOnAir
May 7, 2021
What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever done with your mom? You probably haven’t climbed to the world’s highest peak together, but that’s what one mom and daughter from Oklahoma are hoping to accomplish.
Valari and
Jess Wedel hope to become the first American mother-daughter team to reach the top of Mount Everest.
They’re both experienced climbers and they began their trek weeks ago. Everest is the ultimate test for climbers and it’s a challenge for Valari, who’s 61 and has asthma. And Jess has endured multiple surgeries and months of chemo to beat ovarian cancer in recent years. She says, “It feels like part of our healing was coming into the mountains and being able to enjoy each other and have fun and just live life.”
By Mark Robertson
NEPAL-EVEREST-MOUNTAINEERING
Mount Everest may be the ultimate test but not for a mother and daughter from Oklahoma, who have already conquered something much tougher. Valari and Jess Wedel hope to become the first American mother-daughter team to reach the world s highest peak.
They believe they have been given a second chance to embrace life, to go big, to try the unexpected. They believe that not only because Jess beat cancer but also because all three of Valari and Greg Wedel’s daughters did!
After Overcoming Cancer, Oklahoma Woman Climbs Mount Everest With Mom
For climbers, Mount Everest is the ultimate test. But not for a mother and daughter from Oklahoma, who have already conquered something much tougher.
Valari and Jess Wedel hope to become the first American mother-daughter team to reach the world s highest peak. CBS News spoke with them via Zoom from Everest base camp, which has an elevation of 17,600 feet.
Jess Wedel said the trip wasn t solely about getting to the summit. The possibility exists that we can get there and that would be amazing, she said. But if we re not enjoying every single moment along the way, then we ve missed the point almost.
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