Having summoned six tones of food supplies and equipment, the expedition of ten women accompanied by porters and Sherpas planned to proceed along with one of the most dangerous routes to the top - the “Sickle” route - and to establish five camps on the way of their ascent (Useem, 1998, p. This mixed company aimed to conquer Annapurna under the common expedition slogan, “A Woman’s Place Is On Top” (Useem, 1998, p. However, the range of backgrounds and ages in the team varied: there were Vera Watson, a 46-year-old computer scientist Irene Miller, a 42-year-old physicist with two daughters Joan Firey, a 49-year-old artist, and physical therapist Piro Kramar, a 40-year-old surgeon Alison Chadwick, a 36-year-old artist Vera Komarkova, a 35-year-old plant ecologist Elizabeth Klobusicky, a 34-year-old English teacher and two university students, a 21-year-old Annie Whitehouse and a 20-year-old Margi Rushmore (Useem, 1998, pp. To secure the physical and moral readiness of her team for the defiance of the sacred heights, Blum summoned the most experienced climbers united by the same shared dream to conquer the Himalayas. In October 1978, after a long struggle against female discrimination in mountaineering, an experienced climber Arlene Blum managed to organize an expedition of women to attempt ascending one of the Himalaya’s most challenging peaks, Annapurna.
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