Raha Moharrak has become the first Saudi Woman to climb all 7 summits of the world, in an inspiring tale of a woman struggling against adversity and a desert stricken climate to achieve her dream of climbing the 7 tallest mountains in the world. Moharrak initially made headlines back in 2013 by becoming the first Saudi Woman to climb mount Everest.Her passion for climbing led her to continuing and becoming the first Saudi Woman to climb the 7 summits of the world. Talking about her landmark achievement after she climbed Everest, “I don’t really care about being the first, so long as it inspires someone else to be second,”she says In an interview with Sport 360, Raha said that ““There was a point in my life, where I was at a crossroads. I had to follow a specific path being an Arab girl and I wasn’t comfortable fitting into that mold.” Her journey to become the first woman was filled with challenges, not only because of the stigmatized role of women in Saudi society, but also because of the climate, which is not particularly built for mountain climbers. As a …
