Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A final year medical student from The University of Western Australia is setting out to break multiple mountaineering records with an autumn ascent of Mount Everest.

Gaby Nel will be the youngest woman to climb the world’s highest peak in autumn if she reaches the summit in October and the youngest South African to do so.

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