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By: TOI Staff - April 27, 2021
The woman aiming to be the first Israeli female to summit Mount Everest has just a few weeks left on her journey to the mountain’s peak, according to Channel 13.
Danielle Wolfson, 43, a lawyer who lives in Tel Aviv, was born in Russia and moved to Israel when she was 10 years old. A lifelong lover of sports, she trained for months before setting off to Kathmandu, Nepal, earlier this year.
Wolfson is several weeks into her Everest climb, which usually takes around two months to complete. She has ascended nearly 5,000 meters, with 3,400 more to go, according to Channel 13.
“I have fears, but there I feel like I’m myself,” Wolfson told Channel 13. “To stand there, to be a woman, to reach the summit and to raise the Israeli flag, and to say: ‘I was here too, on the famous Mount Everest.'”
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