KATHMANDU, May 31: Mountaineer Sheikha Asma bint Thani al-Thani has become the first Qatari woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 

Earlier, Princess Sheikha Asma had successfully scaled Mount Kanchenjunga. She had become the first Qatari to ski to both North and South poles in January. 

Sheikha Asma wrote in her Instagram post, “Don’t be shy to dream big. Once you do, you have a commitment to do everything you can to make it happen. Where there is a will there's a way!  I can’t do the mighty Everest justice with things I could say but it has taught me so much. It has taught me that no matter the struggle, what you want and how much you want it matters." 

"It should be what you think of when you wake up in the morning and right before you sleep and dream. It’s not only about thinking but also doing everything in your capacity to make your dream a reality,” she wrote. 

Similarly, Sheikha Asma is attempting to become the first woman from the Middle East to complete the Explorers Grand Slam, which involves climbing all Seven Summits (Mount Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Vinson Massif, Puncak Jaya and Mount Elbrus) and reaching the North Pole and South Pole. 

She has already completed seven of the nine challenges, Kilimanjaro in 2014, the North Pole in 2018, Aconcagua in 2019, Mount Elbrus in 2021 and Vinson Massif, South Pole and Mount Everest this year.

 
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