There I was, one step away and as Mike Roberts put his
hand out to help me step that last little step I could no
longer stop the tears. I was 5642 mtrs in the air, I was at
the roof top of Europe and as I looked out at the earths
curvature I could not think of a moment in my life when I
had felt more of a victor.
I had done it, I had risked everything, I had put myself in
the position where failure was more probable than success
and I had made it. You see, i've wanted to stand on
mountain tops since I was a little girl but somewhere
along the way I had let the dream go, until one day when
I woke up and decided I was going to go for it. So there I
was just standing on the roof top of Europe with an
Everest legend Mike Roberts and Guy Munnoch the head
of Zurich group.
It's a beautiful feeling to achieve a dream. It makes you
hungry for more because nothing tastes so good as doing
what somebody said you couldn't do. Standing up and
telling yourself I will not let the opportunity of failure
stop me from doing something that I truly absolutely
dream of doing. So when I decide to traverse the highest
peak in Africa in just four days and people say it's
impossible given my size, I won't have the endurance.
What do I do these days? I take a photographer along for
the ride. That is what this journey is about. That's why I'm
willing to take aim at one of the greatest sporting feats in
the world, put my hand up and say that I want to be the
fastest woman to do it. I want to be the youngest New
Zealand woman to stand on top of Everest. I want to be
the first woman of Maori descendant to take the roof top
of the world. This journey is not only for me and every
person I love. This journey is for every single person who
has had a dream and surrendered it to the voice of doubt.
Take your dream back, chase it down, dare to be
extraordinary. Dare to live your dreams, there is nothing
more magical and there is no greater gift you can give to
the world.
