Alyssa Azar — the girl who climbed the world’s highest mountains

Fierce Girls

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

When Alyssa Azar was eight-years-old, she decided she wanted to climb Mt Everest. She trained for years and years, through wind, cold, rain, and snow. And finally, at 19-years-old, she was ready. She faced an avalanche, an earthquake, and the world’s most dangerous place — the "death zone". But still, Alyssa didn’t let anything stop her in her quest to be on top of the world.

Narrated by gold-medal winning Paralympic swimmer, Ellie Cole.

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0:00.0	This is the story of the girl who climbed the world's highest.
0:05.0	This is the story of the girl who climbed the world's highest mountains,
0:13.0	Alyssa Azar,
0:14.4	read by gold medal winning, Paralympic swimmer,
0:17.3	Ellie Cole. Averland!
0:25.0	Alyssa Aza sat upright in a sleeping bag.
0:31.0	She rubbed her eyes.
0:32.0	Was she dreaming? She had been tossing and turning all
0:35.8	night with anticipation. It was tough to get to sleep knowing that in just a few
0:40.7	hours she would be climbing to the top of the highest peak in the entire world.
0:45.6	Mount Everest.
0:47.6	Avalanche!
0:51.6	She wasn't dreaming.
0:54.0	Alyssa unzipped her tent and scrambled into the snow.
0:59.0	Where's the avalanche?
1:01.0	She asked.
1:02.0	Is everyone okay? the to a stop just above Everest base camp where Elisa had been sleeping.
1:16.0	A group of Sherpers were caught in the path.
1:18.0	Sherpers are local climbers who guide visitors up the mountain.
1:21.0	They were preparing the route for Alyssa and other foreigners
1:24.7	when the ice came tumbling towards them. What can we do? Alyssa asked. We have to help find
1:30.4	them. But there wasn't much she could do. It was too dangerous. Helicopters
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