"I believe that nothing is impossible if you dare to dream, plan and
take action. I'm an ordinary girl who simply refused to give up on a
dream, and that's all it takes to succeed in life."
Alyssa Azar is unstoppable. When she was just eight years old, she
walked the gruelling Kokoda Track, the youngest person in the world to
do so. At 12 she climbed the 10 highest peaks in Australia. Two years
later she touched the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Now, at the age of 19,
she has reached the roof of the world: the summit of Mount Everest.
The Girl Who Climbed Everest is the inspiring story of how an ordinary
girl from country Queensland worked towards ascending the world's
highest peak. Through passion, determination and immense hard work, and
despite being turned back twice-once by a deadly avalanche and the
second time by a devastating earthquake that nearly claimed her
life-Alyssa is the youngest Australian to have achieved this
extraordinary feat. She shares the thrills and heartbreaking
disappointments on the road to reaching her goal, and explains how she
finds the courage and motivation to keep going in the face of
overwhelming danger and adversity.
Above all, Alyssa's story shows us that we can achieve anything if we
dare to dream big.
