Everest 2008: Mother-Daughter Team Summits Mt. Everest and Conquers Seven Summits

The new records on Mt. Everest continue to fall this year. A Mother-daughter combo from Australia have become the first such team to summit the world’s highest peak, together. Cheryl Bart and her 23 year old daughter Nikki reached the summit at 9:05 am on Saturday.

While achieving one record on Mt. Everest is always a pretty cool thing, Cheryl and Nikki have actually broken another, as well. They have also become the first mother-daughter combo to reach the highest peak on each of the seven continents. The Seven Summits.

From Australian News:

The pair left Camp Four at about 10 p.m. Australian time on Friday for the final climb to the summit, and it took them a little over eleven hours to achieve the the landmark feat.

Reaching the top not only gives them an Everest record, but also gives them the record of completing what is every climbers’ dream set.

The pair has already climbed to the top of Australia’s Mount Kosciuszko (2228m), Antarctica’s Vinson Massif (4897m), South America’s Aconcagua (6962m), Africa’s Kiliminjaro (5895m), North America’s McKinley-Denali (6195m) and Europe’s Elbrus (5642m).

A big congratulations to this adventurous pair on a remarkable run to the top of the Seven Summits! Very cool!