Woman mounts Everest challenge

MARKETING manager Bridget Rossiter-O’Flynn hopes to scale new heights this week.

Her lifelong ambition to become the first Irish woman to climb Everest starts tomorrow when she reaches base camp and begins a five-week journey to the summit.

It’s a race against not only the elements but also against time for the Wexford woman, given that Cork woman, Claire O’Leary, is also climbing Everest at the same time but from the opposite side of the mountain.