Mountain Climber

Mountain Climber

The Herstory articles have uncovered the hidden history of women's mountaineering and climbing, from the early ladies who chased up British peaks in the 1700s, to the forgotten women making first ascents in 1800s alpinism. Later came extreme athletes, Wanda Rutkiewicz and Alison Hargreaves, and stories of how climbing is progressing equality and women's empowerment, through the Indigenous Cholita climbers of Bolivia and Lhakpa Sherpa.

“In the public eye, mountain climbing has typically had a “male face” associated with it. There are so many talented women mountain climbers, so when the time came to create this piece, I felt it should be a woman scaling this peak!”