most prominent female mountaineer
Manal Rostom
Manal Rostom aka Egypt’s most prominent marathoner & female mountaineer is
someone who has achieved many firsts for Arab & Egyptian women.
On May 16th , 2022, she made history as the First Egyptian Woman to Climb Mt. Everest.
- First Egyptian Woman to Climb Mount Everest
- First Egyptian Woman to summit 4 out of 7 summits
- First Egyptian Woman to Summit Mont Blanc
- First Egyptian to Summit Mount Kosciusko in Australia
Manal Rostom started her 7- summits project in 2012.
Her first mountain was Kilimanjaro , the highest mountain in Tanzania , Africa followed by Elbrus , the highest mountain in Russia , Europe , followed by Mont Blanc in Chamonix , France in 2018 , followed by Mt Everest in Nepal , Asia in 2022 and finally Mt Kosciusko in Australia in 2023.
Kilimanjaro 2012
Elbrus 2015
Everest 2022
Kosciusko 2023
Aconcagua, Argentina 2017, 2020 & 2024
(Unsuccessful attempts)
Other mountains climbed
Manal also climbed Mt St Catherine in Egypt, Jabal Shams in Oman, Jabal Jais in the UAE, Mt Toubkal in Morocco, Mt Kenya in Kenya,
Mont Blanc in France , Island Peak , Pokalde , Louche East in the Himalayas.
Mountaineering achievements
August 2012
August 2013
August 2015
September 2018
March 2019
Everest Base Camp with Surviving Hijab 14 girls | 11 countries
August 2021
Kilimanjaro with Surviving Hijab
March 2022
Pokalde ( First Egyptian Woman)
March 2022
April 2022
May 2022
August 2023